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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... possibility that seeks to further these critics' cause. The readings that follow the introduction exemplify this possibility and show how philosophical criticism can draw out rewarding and unfamiliar aspects of well-known plays. It is ...
... possibility substantial content. Early-modern rhetoric, with which Shakespeare was acquainted, was familiar with this integrative ideal. Justifying it philosophically requires reflecting on those older approaches in terms of a ...
... , one that accommodates the possibility for rigorous arguments and yet sees these as a very limited sphere within the philosophical domain. 19 Jonathan Kertzer's Poetic Argument (1989) is one attempt to 9 EPISTEMOLOGICAL BASIS.
... possibility that complicates matters. But this danger does not alter the positive contribution such depth makes to the epistemic status of justified beliefs. There is nothing incoherent about a property that can entrench false beliefs ...
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