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Philosophy, Literature and Understanding - On Reading and Cognition (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,369
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Philosophy, Literature and Understanding - On Reading and Cognition (Hardcover): Jukka Mikkonen

Philosophy, Literature and Understanding - On Reading and Cognition (Hardcover)

Jukka Mikkonen

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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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Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2021
Authors: Jukka Mikkonen
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 978-1-350-16396-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge
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LSN: 1-350-16396-1
Barcode: 9781350163966

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