Beyond Words: Philosophy, Fiction, And The Unsayable

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It is commonplace to regard many great works of literature--poems, dramas, works of fiction--as in some sense philosophical, yet ever since Plato, there has been a tension between the kind of abstract theorizing that goes on in philosophy and the focus on concrete particulars that occurs in poetry and fiction. Beyond Words: Philosophy, Fiction, and the Unsayable elaborates on and addresses this Platonic tension, asking in what sense, if any, literature in the form of poetry, drama, short stories, and novels can contribute significantly to our philosophical understanding. Timothy Cleveland suggests there is something in certain poems, novels, and stories that makes them especially, perhaps even best, suited to expanding our awareness and understanding into the nature of things otherwise unsayable and unconceived. Such literary works do philosophy, showing us something that a theoretical--scientific or philosophical--discourse cannot literally say.


  • | Author: Timothy Cleveland
  • | Publisher: Lexington Books
  • | Publication Date: Aug 16, 2022
  • | Number of Pages: 140 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Hardcover/Fiction
  • | ISBN-10: 1793614849
  • | ISBN-13: 9781793614841
Author:
Timothy Cleveland
Publisher:
Lexington Books
Publication Date:
Aug 16, 2022
Number of pages:
140 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Hardcover/Fiction
ISBN-10:
1793614849
ISBN-13:
9781793614841