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Narrative and Truth
Barry Emslie
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Paperback. In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPS; JFC; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix.
In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
Number of Pages
247
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349446186
SKU
V9781349446186
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About Barry Emslie
Barry Emslie is an independent scholar working in Berlin, Germany.
Reviews for Narrative and Truth
"An independent scholar and author of Richard Wagner and the Centrality of Love (2010), Emslie argues for the value of narrative explanations in humanistic writing. He develops this argument through the analysis of an unusually wide-ranging mix of theoretical and critical fields that includes Marxist humanism, feminist theory and literary criticism, psychoanalysis, and German idealist philosophy, along with a number ... Read more