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Fictions of Knowledge: Fact, Evidence, Doubt
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Hardcover. Locating literature at the intersection of distinct areas of thinking on the nature, scope and methods of knowledge - philosophy, theology, science, and the law - this book engages with literary texts across periods and genres to address questions of probability, problems of evidence, the uses of experiment and the poetics and ethics of doubt. Editor(s): Batsaki, Yota; Mukherji, Subha; Schramm, Jan-Melissa. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Locating literature at the intersection of distinct areas of thinking on the nature, scope and methods of knowledge - philosophy, theology, science, and the law - this book engages with literary texts across periods and genres to address questions of probability, problems of evidence, the uses of experiment and the poetics and ethics of doubt.
Locating literature at the intersection of distinct areas of thinking on the nature, scope and methods of knowledge - philosophy, theology, science, and the law - this book engages with literary texts across periods and genres to address questions of probability, problems of evidence, the uses of experiment and the poetics and ethics of doubt.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230277885
SKU
V9780230277885
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99-15
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JOHN BENDER Jean G. and Morris M. Doyle Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies, Stanford University, USA LORNA HUTSON Berry Professor of English Literature, University of St Andrews UK SARAH TINDAL KAREEM Assistant Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles, USA KATHRYN MURPHY Fellow and Tutor in English, Oriel College, Oxford, UK BARBARA J. SHAPIRO Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley, ... Read more
Reviews for Fictions of Knowledge: Fact, Evidence, Doubt
“All the essays provide a complex but readable text, backed by massive scholarship, meticulously documented in the notes at their end. … the essays in Fictions of Knowledge offer rich and complex investigations of the fascinating world of knowledge in its varied manifestations in literary and non-literary texts, and should be of interest to all who are interested in meaningful ... Read more