Add to ORKGThe author argues for the formative character of literary fiction insofar as stories are able to reveal a kind of ethical knowledge. In making this argument, the author examines Aristotle’s notion of understanding, along with some contemporary developments of Aristotle’s ideas, such as those presented by Martha Nussbaum
Following neo-Aristotelians Alasdair MacIntyre and Martha Nussbaum, we claim that humans are story-t...
This paper challenges Jerome Stolnitz’s view that art cannot teach us anything but merely offers tru...
The thesis discussed here is that a main subject of literature is evil while its main goal is good. ...
Can imaginative literature make a substantive contribution to ethical reflection? If so, what is the...
This paper focuses on three interrelated topics: (1) Literature as an art form that is philosophical...
Many would acknowledge that works of literature seem have something to teach us about the world. But...
Morality plays a massive role in the lives of nearly everyone in one form or another. But can we use...
Many philosophers have claimed that reading literary fiction makes people more virtuous. This essay ...
One important aspect of Nussbaum´s thesis on the moral value of literature concerns the power of lit...
The present account aims to show that transcending towards the other is an immanent feature of liter...
This article asks how children might benefit from story in their general education. It distinguishes...
Most people share a strong intuition that there is much to be learned from great literature and othe...
This article raises problems for Martha Nussbaum’s account of the relevance of literary fiction for ...
Many readers will be familiar with the power of stories to stimulate rich, ethically-focussed philos...
Following neo-Aristotelians Alasdair MacIntyre and Martha Nussbaum, we claim that humans are story-t...
This paper challenges Jerome Stolnitz’s view that art cannot teach us anything but merely offers tru...
The thesis discussed here is that a main subject of literature is evil while its main goal is good. ...
Can imaginative literature make a substantive contribution to ethical reflection? If so, what is the...
This paper focuses on three interrelated topics: (1) Literature as an art form that is philosophical...
Many would acknowledge that works of literature seem have something to teach us about the world. But...
Morality plays a massive role in the lives of nearly everyone in one form or another. But can we use...
Many philosophers have claimed that reading literary fiction makes people more virtuous. This essay ...
One important aspect of Nussbaum´s thesis on the moral value of literature concerns the power of lit...
The present account aims to show that transcending towards the other is an immanent feature of liter...
This article asks how children might benefit from story in their general education. It distinguishes...
Most people share a strong intuition that there is much to be learned from great literature and othe...
This article raises problems for Martha Nussbaum’s account of the relevance of literary fiction for ...
Many readers will be familiar with the power of stories to stimulate rich, ethically-focussed philos...
Following neo-Aristotelians Alasdair MacIntyre and Martha Nussbaum, we claim that humans are story-t...
This paper challenges Jerome Stolnitz’s view that art cannot teach us anything but merely offers tru...
The thesis discussed here is that a main subject of literature is evil while its main goal is good. ...