Thinking about Stories
Language: English
Published by Routledge Okt 2023, 2023
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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Thinking About Stories is a fun and thought-provoking introduction to philosophical questions about narrative fiction in its many forms, from highbrow literature to pulp fiction to the latest shows on Netflix.Written by philosophers Samuel Lebens and Tatjana von Solodkoff, it engages with fundamental questions about fiction, such as: What is it What does it give us Does a story need a narrator And why do sad stories make us cry if we know they aren't real The format of the book emulates a lively, verbal exchange: each chapter has only one author while the other appears spontaneously in dialogues in the text along the way, raising questions and voicing criticisms, and inviting responses from their co-author. This unique format allows readers to feel like they are a part of the conversation about the philosophical foundations of some of the fictions in their own lives.Key Features Draws on a wide range of types of narrative fiction, from Harry Potter to Breakfast of Champions to Parks and Recreation Explores how fiction, despite its detachment from truth, is often best able to teach us important things about the world in which we live Concludes by asking in the final chapter whether we all might be fictions Includes bibliographies and suggested reading lists in each chapter 286 pp. Englisch.…
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- Title
- Thinking about Stories
- Author
- Samuel Lebens
- Publisher
- Routledge Okt 2023
- Publication year
- 2023
- Condition
- Neu
- Binding
- Taschenbuch
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0367647516
- ISBN 13
- 9780367647513
- Item weight
- 418 grams
- Dimensions
- 229x152x16 mm
Thinking About Stories is a fun and thought-provoking introduction to philosophical questions about narrative fiction in its many forms, from highbrow literature to pulp fiction to the latest shows on Netflix.
Written by philosophers Samuel Lebens and Tatjana von Solodkoff, it engages with fundamental questions about fiction, such as: What is it? What does it give us? Does a story need a narrator? And why do sad stories make us cry if we know they aren’t real? The format of the book emulates a lively, verbal exchange: each chapter has only one author while the other appears spontaneously in dialogues in the text along the way, raising questions and voicing criticisms, and inviting responses from their co-author. This unique format allows readers to feel like they are a part of the conversation about the philosophical foundations of some of the fictions in their own lives.
Key Features
- Draws on a wide range of types of narrative fiction, from Harry Potter to Breakfast of Champions to Parks and Recreation
- Explores how fiction, despite its detachment from truth, is often best able to teach us important things about the world in which we live
- Concludes by asking in the final chapter whether we all might be fictions
- Includes bibliographies and suggested reading lists in each chapter
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About the Author
Samuel Lebens is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Haifa. He works on a wide variety of philosophical topics, including metaphysics, epistemology, the philosophy of literature, and the philosophy of religion. Recent books include The Principles of Judaism (Oxford UP, 2020) and Philosophy of Religion: The Basics (Routledge, 2022).
Tatjana von Solodkoff is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin in Ireland. Tatjana thinks and writes about fiction, ontology, the methods of metaphysics, and death.
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