Imagining and knowing: the shape of fiction
Auteur :
Currie, Gregory
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780192864680
Date de publication :
17 févr. 2022
Dimensions :
23,3 x 15,1 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
384 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Gregory Currie defends the view that works of fiction guide the imagination, and then considers whether fiction can also guide our beliefs. He makes a case for modesty about learning from fiction, as it is easy to be too optimistic about the psychological insights of authors, and empathy is hard to acquire while not always morally advantageous.