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Useful Fictions
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Author : Michael Austin
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2011-01-01
Useful Fictions written by Michael Austin and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live," Joan Didion observed inThe White Album. Why is this? Michael Austin asks, inUseful Fictions. Why, in particular, are human beings, whose very survival depends on obtaining true information, so drawn to fictional narratives? After all, virtually every human culture reveres some form of storytelling. Might there be an evolutionary reason behind our species' need for stories? Drawing on evolutionary biology, anthropology, narrative theory, cognitive psychology, game theory, and evolutionary aesthetics, Austin develops the concept of a "useful fiction," a simple narrative that serves an adaptive function unrelated to its factual accuracy. In his work we see how these useful fictions play a key role in neutralizing the overwhelming anxiety that humans can experience as their minds gather and process information. Rudimentary narratives constructed for this purpose, Austin suggests, provided a cognitive scaffold that might have become the basis for our well-documented love of fictional stories. Written in clear, jargon-free prose and employing abundant literary examplesfrom the Bible toOne Thousand and One Arabian NightsandDon QuixotetoNo ExitAustin's work offers a new way of understanding the relationship between fiction and evolutionary processesand, perhaps, the very origins of literature.
Tell Me Something I Do Not Know
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Author : Geraldine Kang
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Tell Me Something I Do Not Know written by Geraldine Kang and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Art, Singaporean categories.
Useful Fictions
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Author : Allan Kaprow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Useful Fictions written by Allan Kaprow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Conceptual art categories.
Bentham S Theory Of Fictions
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Author : Jeremy Bentham
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2000
Bentham S Theory Of Fictions written by Jeremy Bentham and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Literary Criticism categories.
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Useful Fictions
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Author : Ernest Sibley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Useful Fictions written by Ernest Sibley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Figures of speech categories.
Useful Fiction
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Author : Patricia Cochran Murrell
language : en
Publisher: Pudding House Publications
Release Date : 2003-06
Useful Fiction written by Patricia Cochran Murrell and has been published by Pudding House Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06 with Poetry categories.
Useful Fictions
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Author : Karalee Strieby Harding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
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Logical Fictions
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Author : Frederick Bauer
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2007-12
Logical Fictions written by Frederick Bauer and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The media bombard us with claims that are often strange, unclear, and even upsetting. Quantum physicists claim that "vacuum nothingness" is not really nothing, because it teems with energy and virtual particles. Psychological research suggests that most of our neighbors suffer from some degree of mental disorder. Social scientists assure us that science itself is simply a cultural myth. Can anyone sort out fact from fiction in today's world? The answer, thankfully, is "Yes " But first, you must make a radical shift in your approach, because serious thinking about reality involves serious thinking about fiction, not only in your everyday mind, but also in the scholarly and technical realms. For anyone who has ever wondered-and you should wonder-whether there really are such things as government, society, the economy, or even marriage, the deeply philosophical and utterly practical Logical Fictions shows you how a solid grounding in logic and language can help you avoid getting trapped by the ideological fictions prevalent in today's sophisticated world. Consider yourself warned: humorous and filled with entertaining examples, this book will stretch your brain and provoke your thoughts. Your view of the world may never be the same.
Fictions Of Consent
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Author : Urvashi Chakravarty
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2022-03-22
Fictions Of Consent written by Urvashi Chakravarty and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Fictions of Consent Urvashi Chakravarty excavates the ideologies of slavery that took root in early modern England in the period that preceded the development of an organized trade in enslaved persons. Despite the persistent fiction that England was innocent of racialized slavery, Chakravarty argues that we must hold early modern England—and its narratives of exceptional and essential freedom—to account for the frameworks of slavery that it paradoxically but strategically engendered. Slavery was not a foreign or faraway phenomenon, she demonstrates; rather, the ideologies of slavery were seeded in the quotidian spaces of English life and in the everyday contexts of England's service society, from the family to the household, in the theater and, especially, the grammar school classroom, where the legacies of classical slavery and race were inherited and negotiated. The English conscripted the Roman freedman's figurative "stain of slavery" to register an immutable sign of bondage and to secure slavery to epidermal difference, even as early modern frameworks of "volitional service" provided the strategies for later fictions of "happy slavery" in the Atlantic world. Early modern texts presage the heritability of slavery in early America, reveal the embeddedness of slavery within the family, and illuminate the ways in which bloodlines of descent underwrite the racialized futures of enslavement. Fictions of Consent intervenes in a number of areas including early modern literary and cultural studies, premodern critical race studies, the reception of classical antiquity, and the histories of law, education, and labor to uncover the conceptual genealogies of slavery and servitude and to reveal the everyday sites where the foundations of racialized slavery were laid. Although early modern England claimed to have "too pure an Air for Slaves to breathe in," Chakravarty reveals slavery was a quintessentially English phenomenon.
The Philosopher S Toolkit
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Author : Peter S. Fosl
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2020-04-14
The Philosopher S Toolkit written by Peter S. Fosl and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-14 with Philosophy categories.
A new edition of the bestselling guide to the study of philosophy: the ideal intellectual ‘toolkit’ for sharpening analytical skills and building philosophical acuity Whether used as a guide to basic principles or a resource for key concepts and methods, The Philosopher's Toolkit equips readers with all the intellectual ‘tools’ necessary for engaging closely with philosophical argument and developing fluency in the methods and language of philosophical inquiry. Featuring accessible explanations, practical examples, and expert guidance, this text empowers readers to understand traditional philosophical thinking and to engage with new ideas. Focuses on the practical methods and concepts necessary for philosophical inquiry Presents a versatile resource for both novice and advanced students in areas of philosophy, critical theory, and rhetoric Adopts a pluralistic approach to teaching philosophy, making this a suitable resource for many courses Delivers extensive cross-referenced entries, recommended readings, and updated online resources Covers an array of topics, from basic tools of argumentation to sophisticated philosophical principles Fully revised and updated to include new topics and entries as well as expanded recommended reading lists to encourage further study
