Empty revelations : an essay on talk about, and attitudes toward fiction /
What mysteries lie at the heart of fiction's power to enchant and engage the mind? Empty Revelations considers a number of philosophical problems that fiction raises, including the primary issue of how we can think and talk about things that do not exist. Peter Alward covers thought-provoking t...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part one : Two Authors and Readers
- Negative
- 1 Compositional Speech Acts
- 2 Reader Engagement
- Part Two : Authors and Readers
- Positive
- 3 Word-Sculpture
- 4 Narrative Informants
- Part Three : Fictional Names and Fictional Talk
- 5 Empty Revelations
- 6 Fictional Discourse
- Conclusion.