Ways of Knowing: Philosophy and Literature
COM 457/HUM 457/ENG 457
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Do works of poetry and fiction produce their own distinctive forms of knowledge, or do they simply help preexisting philosophical concepts get absorbed more easily? This course explores the mutual implications of philosophy and literature for epistemology. We'll read lyrical poems, short stories and novels alongside philosophical accounts of language and mind, linking textual phenomena with features of cognition. Topics include conceptuality vs. non-conceptuality, argument vs. narrative, metaphor and image schema, knowledge by acquaintance vs. by description, defamiliarization and estrangement, logic vs. association, form and spontaneity.
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Section L01
- Type: Lecture
- Section: L01
- Status: O
- Enrollment: 14
- Capacity: 25
- Class Number: 23001
- Schedule: W 01:30 PM-04:20 PM - McCosh Hall 4