Truth in Fiction: Rethinking Its Logic

by John Woods

Book Overview

This monograph examines truth in fiction by applying the techniques of a naturalized logic of human cognitive practices. The author structures his project around two focal questions. What would it take to write a book about truth in literary discourse with reasonable promise of getting it right? What would it take to write a book about truth in fiction as true to the facts of lived literary experience as objectivity allows?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319726579
• ISBN13: 9783319726571
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"