Henry James And The Philosophical Novel Breaks Fresh Ground By Examining James''S Unique Position As A Philosophical Novelist Closely Associated With The Climate Of Ideas Generated By His Brother William. It Considers Storytelling As A Mode Of Philosophical Enquiry Showing How A Range Of Distinguished Thinkers Have Relied On Fictional Narrative As A Technique For Formulating And Clarifying Their Ideas; And Investigates (With Close Reference To His Novels) The Affiliations Between James''S Practice As A Novelist And Contemporary Epistemological Moral And Linguistic Concerns.