Thinking about stories: an introduction to philosophy of fiction

By:

Lebens, Samuel

Contributor(s):

Solodkoff, Tatjana von

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Routledge New York 2024Description: 278 pISBN:

9780367647513

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

100 LEB

Summary: 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 (https://www.routledge.com/Thinking-about-Stories-An-Introduction-to-Philosophy-of-Fiction/Lebens-vonSolodkoff/p/book/9780367647513?srsltid=AfmBOopvEMrYmliysSfTzkxszGV9TninSN0ZfLSdjhh0hOgV-Ov5TUHs)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Table of content:
Introduction

1. What is Fiction?

2. What is a work of Fiction?

3. What are Fictional Characters?

4. Do Fictional Character Really Exist?

5. Imagination and Fiction

6. Interpreting Fiction

7. "Can someone tell me what’s happening?" Narrators and Cinematic Presenters

8. Why are you Crying?

9. The Paradox of Tragedy

10. "Can you Imagine?!" The Puzzle of Imaginative Struggles

11. What Can we Learn from Fiction?

12. Are you Fictional?
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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
(https://www.routledge.com/Thinking-about-Stories-An-Introduction-to-Philosophy-of-Fiction/Lebens-vonSolodkoff/p/book/9780367647513?srsltid=AfmBOopvEMrYmliysSfTzkxszGV9TninSN0ZfLSdjhh0hOgV-Ov5TUHs)

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