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Thinking About Stories is a fun and thought-provoking introduction
to philosophical questions about narrative fiction in its many
forms, from highbrow literature to pulp fiction to the latest shows
on Netflix. Written by philosophers Samuel Lebens and Tatjana von
Solodkoff, it engages with fundamental questions about fiction,
like: What is it? What does it give us? Does a story need a
narrator? And why do sad stories make us cry if we know they
aren’t real? The format of the book emulates a lively, verbal
exchange: each chapter has only one author while the other appears
spontaneously in dialogues in the text along the way, raising
questions and voicing criticisms, and inviting responses from their
co-author. This unique format allows readers to feel like they are
a part of the conversation about the philosophical foundations of
some of the fictions in their own lives. Key Features Draws on a
wide range of types of narrative fiction, from Harry Potter to
Breakfast of Champions to Parks and Recreation. Explores how
fiction, despite its detachment from truth, is often best able to
teach us important things about the world in which we live.
Concludes by asking in the final chapter whether we all might be
fictions. Includes bibliographies and suggested reading lists in
each chapter
Thinking About Stories is a fun and thought-provoking introduction
to philosophical questions about narrative fiction in its many
forms, from highbrow literature to pulp fiction to the latest shows
on Netflix. Written by philosophers Samuel Lebens and Tatjana von
Solodkoff, it engages with fundamental questions about fiction,
like: What is it? What does it give us? Does a story need a
narrator? And why do sad stories make us cry if we know they
aren’t real? The format of the book emulates a lively, verbal
exchange: each chapter has only one author while the other appears
spontaneously in dialogues in the text along the way, raising
questions and voicing criticisms, and inviting responses from their
co-author. This unique format allows readers to feel like they are
a part of the conversation about the philosophical foundations of
some of the fictions in their own lives. Key Features Draws on a
wide range of types of narrative fiction, from Harry Potter to
Breakfast of Champions to Parks and Recreation. Explores how
fiction, despite its detachment from truth, is often best able to
teach us important things about the world in which we live.
Concludes by asking in the final chapter whether we all might be
fictions. Includes bibliographies and suggested reading lists in
each chapter
Covers traditional topics - like the cosmological, teleological,
and ontological arguments for the existence of God, and the problem
of Evil - while making room for emerging trends in the philosophy
of religion, which look beyond the beliefs of given religions to an
examination of their practices. Analytic philosophy of religion is
often practiced in an almost exclusively Christian environment.
This can sometimes make the topic less hospitable to
non-Christians. The examples and arguments that populate this book
draw from a wide variety of cultures and traditions. Atheists,
agnostics, and devotees of a wide array of religious traditions
(from Christianity to Buddhism) will therefore feel welcome and
engaged.
Covers traditional topics - like the cosmological, teleological,
and ontological arguments for the existence of God, and the problem
of Evil - while making room for emerging trends in the philosophy
of religion, which look beyond the beliefs of given religions to an
examination of their practices. Analytic philosophy of religion is
often practiced in an almost exclusively Christian environment.
This can sometimes make the topic less hospitable to
non-Christians. The examples and arguments that populate this book
draw from a wide variety of cultures and traditions. Atheists,
agnostics, and devotees of a wide array of religious traditions
(from Christianity to Buddhism) will therefore feel welcome and
engaged.
Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions offers the first
book-length defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement
(MRTJ). Although the theory was much maligned by Wittgenstein and
ultimately rejected by Russell himself, Lebens shows that it
provides a rich and insightful way to understand the nature of
propositional content. In Part I, Lebens charts the trajectory of
Russell's thought before he adopted the MRTJ. Part II reviews the
historical story of the theory: What led Russell to deny the
existence of propositions altogether? Why did the theory keep
evolving throughout its short life? What role did G. F. Stout play
in the evolution of the theory? What was Wittgenstein's concern
with the theory, and, if we can't know what his concern was
exactly, then what are the best contending hypotheses? And why did
Russell give the theory up? In Part III, Lebens makes the case that
Russell's concerns with the theory weren't worth its rejection.
Moreover, he argues that the MRTJ does most of what we could want
from an account of propositions at little philosophical cost. This
book bridges the history of early analytic philosophy with work in
contemporary philosophy of language. It advances a bold reading of
the theory of descriptions and offers a new understanding of the
role of Stout and the representation concern in the evolution of
the MRTJ. It also makes a decisive contribution to philosophy of
language by demonstrating the viability of a no-proposition theory
of propositions.
Bertrand Russell and the Nature of Propositions offers the first
book-length defence of the Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement
(MRTJ). Although the theory was much maligned by Wittgenstein and
ultimately rejected by Russell himself, Lebens shows that it
provides a rich and insightful way to understand the nature of
propositional content. In Part I, Lebens charts the trajectory of
Russell's thought before he adopted the MRTJ. Part II reviews the
historical story of the theory: What led Russell to deny the
existence of propositions altogether? Why did the theory keep
evolving throughout its short life? What role did G. F. Stout play
in the evolution of the theory? What was Wittgenstein's concern
with the theory, and, if we can't know what his concern was
exactly, then what are the best contending hypotheses? And why did
Russell give the theory up? In Part III, Lebens makes the case that
Russell's concerns with the theory weren't worth its rejection.
Moreover, he argues that the MRTJ does most of what we could want
from an account of propositions at little philosophical cost. This
book bridges the history of early analytic philosophy with work in
contemporary philosophy of language. It advances a bold reading of
the theory of descriptions and offers a new understanding of the
role of Stout and the representation concern in the evolution of
the MRTJ. It also makes a decisive contribution to philosophy of
language by demonstrating the viability of a no-proposition theory
of propositions.
Negative theology is the attempt to describe God by speaking in
terms of what God is not. Historical affinities between Jewish
modernity and negative theology indicate new directions for
thematizing the modern Jewish experience. Questions such as, What
are the limits of Jewish modernity in terms of negativity? Has this
creative tradition exhausted itself? and How might Jewish thought
go forward? anchor these original essays. Taken together they
explore the roots and legacies of negative theology in Jewish
thought, examine the viability and limits of theorizing the modern
Jewish experience as negative theology, and offer a fresh
perspective from which to approach Jewish intellectual history.
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Negative theology is the attempt to describe God by speaking in
terms of what God is not. Historical affinities between Jewish
modernity and negative theology indicate new directions for
thematizing the modern Jewish experience. Questions such as, What
are the limits of Jewish modernity in terms of negativity? Has this
creative tradition exhausted itself? and How might Jewish thought
go forward? anchor these original essays. Taken together they
explore the roots and legacies of negative theology in Jewish
thought, examine the viability and limits of theorizing the modern
Jewish experience as negative theology, and offer a fresh
perspective from which to approach Jewish intellectual history.
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