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Philosophy, Literature and Understanding - On Reading and Cognition (Hardcover)
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Philosophy, Literature and Understanding - On Reading and Cognition (Hardcover)
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Challenging existing methodological conceptions of the analytic
approach to aesthetics, Jukka Mikkonen brings together philosophy,
literary studies and cognitive psychology to offer a new theory on
the cognitive value of reading fiction. Philosophy, Literature and
Understanding defends the epistemic significance of narratives,
arguing that it should be explained in terms of understanding
rather than knowledge. Mikkonen formulates understanding as a
cognitive process, which he connects to narrative imagining in
order to assert that narrative is a central tool for communicating
understanding. Demonstrating the effects that literary works have
on their readers, he examines academic critical analysis, responses
of the reading public and nonfictional writings that include
autobiographical testimony to their writer's influences and
attitudes to life. In doing so, he provides empirical evidence of
the cognitive benefits of literature and of how readers demonstrate
the growth of their understanding. By drawing on the written
testimony of the reader, this book is an important intervention
into debates on the value of literature that incorporates
understanding in new and imaginative ways.
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