Logical fictions in medieval literature and philosophy

書誌事項

Logical fictions in medieval literature and philosophy

Virginie Greene

(Cambridge studies in medieval literature, 93)

Cambridge University Press, 2014

  • : hardback

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 4

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Bibliography: p. 264-282

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, new ways of storytelling and inventing fictions appeared in the French-speaking areas of Europe. This new art still influences our global culture of fiction. Virginie Greene explores the relationship between fiction and the development of neo-Aristotelian logic during this period through a close examination of seminal literary and philosophical texts by major medieval authors, such as Anselm of Canterbury, Abelard, and Chretien de Troyes. This study of Old French logical fictions encourages a broader theoretical reflection about fiction as a universal human trait and a defining element of the history of Western philosophy and literature. Additional close readings of classical Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle, and modern analytic philosophy including the work of Bertrand Russell and Rudolf Carnap, demonstrate peculiar traits of Western rationalism and expose its ambivalent relationship to fiction.

目次

  • Introduction
  • Part I. Logical Fables: 1. Abelard's donkey: the nonexistent particular
  • 2. The literate animal: naming and reference
  • 3. The fox and the unicorn: naming and existence
  • Part II. Figures of Contradiction: 4. The opponent
  • 5. The fool who says no to God
  • 6. The man who says no to reason
  • Part III. Fathers, Sons, and Friends: 7. Aristotle or the founding son
  • 8. Abelard or the fatherless son
  • 9. The dialectics of friendship
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

関連文献: 1件中  1-1を表示

詳細情報

ページトップへ