Sense of the World

<p>A team of leading contributors from both philosophical and literary backgrounds have been brought together in this impressive book to examine how works of literary fiction can be a source of knowledge. Together they analyze the important trends in this current popular debate.</p><p>The innovative feature of this volume is that it mixes work by literary theorists and scholars with work of analytic philosophers that combined together provide a comprehensive statement of the variety of ways in which works of fiction can engage questions of worldly interest. It uses the problem of cognitive value to explore:</p><ul> <li>literature’s contribution to ethical life</li> <li>literature’s ability to engage in social and political critique</li> <li>the role narrative plays in opening up possibilities of moral aesthetic experience and selfhood</li> </ul><p>This remarkable volume will attract the attention of both literature and philosophy scholars with its statement of the various ways that literature and life take an interest in one another.</p>