Karl Popper and literary theory : : critical rationalism as a philosophy of literature / / Trzyna Thomas.
Karl Popper’s philosophy of science, with its focus on falsifiability and critical rationalism, provides a firm foundation for a theory of literary interpretation that avoids the pitfalls of many contemporary theories. Building on the work of Popper, John Eccles, Imre Lakatos, Ernst Gombrich, Louise...
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Superior document: | Schriftenreihe Zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des Kritischen Rationalismus / Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rationalism ; v. 22 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden : : BRILL,, 2017. |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des Kritischen Rationalismus / Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rationalism
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 pages). |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- A Theoretical Framework
- Applying a Popperian Framework
- Deconstruction, Pragmatic Pluralism, and Comprehensively Critical Rationalism: The Critical Theory of James Battersby
- Reading Jean Toomer
- Henry Fielding and the Problem of Forgiveness
- Le Clézio, Levinas, Popper and the Problem of Parmenides
- J.M. Coetzee and The Childhood of Jesus
- “Like a Sea of Wax:” The Problem of Timon of Athens
- The Eumenides: We Suffer into Truth
- The Limits of the Theory: The Gospel of Mark and the Ineffable
- Patrick Modiano and the Bucket: A Note
- Conclusion: How does Literature Work?
- Bibliography
- Index.