Fictions of Knowledge Fact, Evidence, Doubt
Description
Locating literature at the intersection of distinct areas of thinking on the nature, scope and methods of knowledge - philosophy, theology, science, and the law - this book engages with literary texts across periods and genres to address questions of probability, problems of evidence, the uses of experiment and the poetics and ethics of doubt.
Keywords
FictionLiterary CriticismSemiotics & TheoryPhilosophyEpistemologySocial ScienceLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & Social
2011Book
Author(s)Subha Mukherji, Jan-Melissa Schramm, Yota Batsaki
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230277885
LanguageEnglish
