Fictive narrative philosophy : how fiction can act as philosophy / Michael Boylan.

What is the philosophical voice within literature? Does literature have a voice of its own? Can this voice really be philosophical in its own right? In this book, Michael Boylan argues that some literary works indeed can make their own unique claims in different areas of philosophy. He calls this me...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Boylan, Michael, 1952- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Series:Routledge research in aesthetics ; 7.
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Table of Contents:
  • The structure of the traditional paradigm
  • Narrative fiction as philosophically interpreted in the ancient western world
  • Narrative fiction as philosophically interpreted in the modern and contemporary western world
  • The structure of the new paradigm
  • What makes an artifact philosophy?
  • Literature as philosophy
  • The special logic of fictive narrative philosophy
  • Constructional devices
  • How do we judge fictive narrative philosophy?
  • When should we use direct discourse philosophy and when fictive narrative philosophy?
  • How might fictive narrative philosophy change the academy?
  • First order metaethical principles: my own philosophical work on ethics and personhood theory as a first step for ethics & fictive narrative philosophy
  • My own work in fictive narrative philosophy.