Art and belief / edited by Ema Sullivan-Bissett, Helen Bradley, and Paul Noordhof

Published:: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Copyright Date:: ©2017
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators:: Sullivan-Bissett, Ema, Bradley, Helen (Editor), and Noordhof, Paul, 1965-

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Mind Association occasional series

Contents:

Section 1. Author Testimony. Fiction, Testimony, Belief, and History / Kathleen Stock -- Signposts of Factuality: On Genuine Assertions in Fictional Literature / Eva-Maria Konrad -- Truth and Trust in Fiction / Anna Ichino and Gregory Currie -- Section 2. Non-Testimonial Epistemic Contributions of Fictions. Literary Fiction and True Beliefs / James O. Young -- Belief, Thought, and Literature / Peter Lamarque -- Imagination that Amounts to Knowledge from Fiction / Allan Hazlett -- The Novel as a Source for Self-Knowledge / Lucy O'Brien -- Section 3. Belief, Truth, and Attitudes from Fictional Persuasion. Fictional Persuasion, Transparency, and the Aim of Belief / Ema Sullivan-Bissett and Lisa Bortolotti -- Fictional Persuasion and the Nature of Belief / Asbjørn Steglich-Petersen -- The Genuine Attitude View of Fictional Belief / Wesley Buckwalter and Katherine Tullmann -- Section 4. Aesthetic Appreciation and Belief. Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism / Jon Robson -- Don't Take My Word for It: On Beliefs, Affects, Reasons, Values, Rationality, and Aesthetic Testimony / Daniel Whiting.

Summary:

Art and Belief Presents twelve new essays, addressing questions at the intersection of philosophy of mind and philosophy of art, while also advancing these debates. It brings together recent work on belief and truth with issues concerning belief that arise in the philosophy 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, when we seemingly 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? Finally, this book explores the nature of aesthetic testimony, and whether testimony of this kind is a legitimate source of beliefs about aesthetic properties and value.

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ISBN:

0198805403 (hardback)
9780198805403 (hardback)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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