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Literature and truth
In Garry L. Hagberg & Walter Jost (eds.), A Companion to the Philosophy of Literature. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 367–384 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: No Easy Answers The Classical Background Conceptions of Poetic Truth Propositional Truth and Literature Empathetic Knowledge and Clarification An Enduring Contrast: Philosophy and Literature.Author's Profile
literature and truth truth debate on literature ‐ pinning down substantial points of contention truth, criterion of literary value David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature and Thomas Macaulay's History of England Johnson's oft quoted formula “Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth” conceptions of poetic truth Acceptability and “ringing true” propositional truth and literature cognitive triviality and expressive triviality empathetic knowledge and clarification
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