Art and belief /

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Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	x, 256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Series:	Mind Association occasional series Mind Association occasional series.
Subject:	Art -- Philosophy. Art -- Philosophy. Arts -- Philosophy. Belief, Problem of (Literature) Literature -- Aesthetics.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11375018

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Other authors / contributors:	Sullivan-Bissett, Ema, editor. Bradley, Helen, editor. Noordhof, Paul, 1965- editor.
ISBN:	0198805403 9780198805403
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	Art and Belief Presents twelve new essays, addressing questions at the intersection of philosophy of mind and philosophy of art, while also advancing these debates. It brings together recent work on belief and truth with issues concerning belief that arise in the philosophy of art. Several contributors discuss the cognitive contributions artworks can make and the questions surrounding these. Can authors of fiction testify to their readers? If they can, are they culpable for the false beliefs of their readers formed in response to their work? If they cannot, that is, if the testimonial powers of authors of fiction are limited, is there some non-testimonial epistemic role that fiction can play? And in any case, is such a role relevant when determining the value of the work? Also explored are issues concerned with the phenomenon of fictional persuasion, specifically, what is the nature of the attitude involved in such cases, when we seemingly form beliefs about the real world in response to reading fiction? If these attitudes are typically unstable, unjustified, and unreliable, does this put pressure on the view that they are beliefs? If these attitudes are beliefs, does this put pressure on the view that all beliefs are aimed at truth? Finally, this book explores the nature of aesthetic testimony, and whether testimony of this kind is a legitimate source of beliefs about aesthetic properties and value.

Table of Contents:

Editors and Contributors
1. Introduction
Section I. Author Testimony
2. Fiction, Testimony, Belief, and History
3. Signposts of Factuality: On Genuine Assertions in Fictional Literature
4. Truth and Trust in Fiction
Section II. Non-Testimonial Epistemic Contributions of Fictions
5. Literary Fiction and True Beliefs
6. Belief, Thought, and Literature
7. Imagination that Amounts to Knowledge from Fiction
8. The Novel as a Source for Self-Knowledge
Section III. Belief, Truth, and Attitudes from Fictional Persuasion
9. Fictional Persuasion, Transparency, and the Aim of Belief
10. Fictional Persuasion and the Nature of Belief
11. The Genuine Attitude View of Fictional Belief
Section IV. Aesthetic Appreciation and Belief
12. Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism
13. Don't Take My Word for It: On Beliefs, Affects, Reasons, Values, Rationality, and Aesthetic Testimony
Index of Names
Index of Subjects

Art and belief /

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