Truth in Fiction Rethinking its Logic /

This monograph examines truth in fiction by applying the techniques of a naturalized logic of human cognitive practices. The author structures his project around two focal questions. What would it take to write a book about truth in literary discourse with reasonable promise of getting it right? Wha...

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Main Author: Woods, John (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 391
Subjects:
Language and languages-Philosophy.
Fiction.
Philology.
Linguistics.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Logic.
ISBN:9783319726588
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Misconception and Pretence
  • 2. A Research Programme for Fiction
  • 3. What Readers Know
  • 4. Truth-Making
  • 5. Sherlock
  • 6. Models and Formal Representations
  • 7. "Sherlock"
  • 8. Salty Tears and Racing Hearts
  • 9. Other Things Sherlock Isn't
  • 10. Putting Inconsistency to Rest.

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