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Lädt ... Reading the Other: Novels and the Problem of Other Mindsvon Carol de Dobay Rifelj
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. An investigation into the philosophical 'Problem of Other Minds', which is concerned with whether and to what extent we can know the thoughts of others, this book is focused on examining the issue through discussion of specific fictional cases. The result is a casebook of the approach to this issue by authors as diverse as Conan Doyle, Proust, Anthony Powell and Dashiell Hammett. The insights are intriguing from both literary and philosophical perspectives. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
In Reading the Other, Carol de Dobay Rifelj looks at the philosophical Problem of Other Minds, which is concerned with whether and to what extent we can know the thoughts or sensations of others. She begins by discussing Cartesian skepticism - the idea that one person cannot know the mind of another - and examines how it has been addressed in the twentieth century, from the later Wittgenstein to Stanley Cavell. Finally, she looks at how the Problem of Other Minds is represented in fiction - from the detective stories of Dashiell Hammett and Arthur Conan Doyle to the work of Marcel Proust, Villers de L'Isle Adam, Prosper Merimee, and Anthony Powell. Reading the Other is a fascinating book that provides insight into an intriguing and eduring philosophical questions. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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