Art and Belief (Hardcover)

Art and Belief presents twelve new essays at the intersection of philosophy of mind and philosophy of art, particularly to do with the relation between belief and truth in our experience of art. Several contributors discuss the cognitive contributions artworks can make and the questions surrounding these. Can authors of fiction testify to their readers? If they can, are they culpable for the false beliefs of their readers formed in response to their work? If they cannot, that is, if the testimonial powers of authors of fiction are limited, is there some non-testimonial epistemic role that fiction can play? And in any case, is such a role relevant when determining the value of the work? Also explored are issues concerned with the phenomenon of fictional persuasion, specifically, what is the nature of the attitude involved in such cases (those in which we form beliefs about the real world in response to reading fiction)? If these attitudes are typically unstable, unjustified, and unreliable, does this put pressure on the view that they are beliefs? If these attitudes are beliefs, does this put pressure on the view that all beliefs are aimed at truth? The final pair of papers in the volume take different stances on the nature of aesthetic testimony, and whether testimony of this kind is a legitimate source of beliefs about aesthetic properties and value.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Mind Association Occasional Series
Release date:	October 2017
Editors:	Ema Sullivan-Bissett • Helen Bradley • Paul Noordhof
Dimensions:	241 x 165 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	268
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-880540-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Philosophy of mind Promotions
LSN:	0-19-880540-3
Barcode:	9780198805403

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