Truth, fiction, and literature : a philosophical perspective / Peter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamarque, Peter, author.

Olsen, Stein Haugom, 1946- author.

Series:

Clarendon library of logic and philosophy.

Clarendon library of logic and philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Literature--Aesthetics.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Fiction.

Truth in literature.

Reality in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 481 pages).

Edition:

New Edition

Other Title:

Philosophical perspective

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1994.

Summary:

This book examines the complex and varied ways in which fictions relate to the real world, and offers a precise account of how imaginative works of literature can use fictional content to explore matters of universal human interest.

Contents:

1. Setting the Scene

2. The Practice of Story-Telling

3. Truth-Value and Pretence

4. Content and Characters

5. Reference and 'About'

6. Aspects, Points of View, and Objectivity

7. Metaphysics and Fictions

8. Truth-Making and World-Making

9. Narrative and Imagination

10. Literary Practice

11. Literature and Fiction

12. The Theory of Novelistic Truth

13. The Propositional Theory of Literary Truth

14. Metaphorical Truth

15. Literature as Philosophy

16. The Mimetic Aspect of Literature

17. Fiction, Literature, and Value.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-80720-2

9786610807208

OCLC:

1027161499