Double Vision: Moral Philosophy and Shakespearean DramaHamlet tells Horatio that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in his philosophy. In Double Vision, philosopher and literary critic Tzachi Zamir argues that there are more things in Hamlet than are dreamt of--or at least conceded--by most philosophers. Making an original and persuasive case for the philosophical value of literature, Zamir suggests that certain important philosophical insights can be gained only through literature. But such insights cannot be reached if literature is deployed merely as an aesthetic sugaring of a conceptual pill. Philosophical knowledge is not opposed to, but is consonant with, the literariness of literature. By focusing on the experience of reading literature as literature and not philosophy, Zamir sets a theoretical framework for a philosophically oriented literary criticism that will appeal both to philosophers and literary critics. |
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... appeals to Christian-colored virtues such as valuing mercy over justice, the latter being a mere cardinal virtue to which the morality of “the Jew” is limited. But when religion cannot suffice, law generates a technical vocabulary of ...
... appeals to the bookish, but is pointless for those who seek philosophical understanding. This book is about philosophy and literature. If its philosophical argument is correct, it is also about epistemology and moral philosophy. If its ...
... appeal to the knowledge-yielding aspect of literary works. I am thinking here mainly of de- construction (which by virtue of dropping altogether the philosophy/literature distinction in favor of an all-embracing textuality, makes it ...
... appealing to aspects particular to literary language for the purpose of advancing knowledge, will fail. Oppositions ... appeals, particular descriptions, or figurative constructions make for distinct, irreducible, and nonparaphrasable ...
... Appeals to literature's particularity lead to the same objection.9 Particular descriptions presuppose general ... appeal to literature's focus on particulars and aim to con- nect this with knowledge. In Shakespeare criticism, this ...
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