{"product_id":"fiction-philosophy-and-literary-theory-will-the-real-saul-kripke-please-stand-up-9780826497567","title":"Fiction, Philosophy and Literary Theory: Will the Real Saul Kripke Please Stand Up?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Christopher Norris\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Continuum\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Continuum\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Deconstruction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book brings together three main topics - deconstruction, philosophy of language, and literary theory - that have figured centrally in Christopher Norris's work over the past two decades. It offers a refreshingly clear and vigorous statement of his views as to how 'theory' might profit from a greater awareness of current philosophical debates while philosophy might likewise gain by adopting a more open-minded attitude toward developments in literary theory. Most significant here is Norris's continuing exploration of the various points of contact between Jacques Derrida's thought and the kinds of concern - especially with issues in philosophical semantics and speech-act theory - that have preoccupied thinkers in the 'other', mainstream-analytic line of descent. However his focus is consistently on matters that should be of interest to philosophers and literary theorists alike. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus Norris devotes some penetrating commentary to topics such as modal or 'possible-worlds' logic as it bears upon issues in narrative theory; the 'two cultures' (science \u003ci\u003eversus\u003c\/i\u003e literature) controversy; the different ways in which literary theory has alternately embraced and rejected the appeal to 'scientific' modes of analysis; and some possible reasons for Wittgenstein's well-known aversion to Shakespeare. He also suggests a novel approach to the free-will\/determinism issue by way of debates about the nature of language and the scope it affords for expressive creativity despite - or owing to - the limits imposed by various structural constraints. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAltogether this important new book provides a welcome overview of the author's current thinking and an equally welcome enlargement of horizons in contrast to the narrowly specialised character of much present-day academic discourse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book brings together three main topics - deconstruction, philosophy of language, and literary theory - that have figured centrally in Christopher Norris's work over the past two decades. It offers a refreshingly clear and vigorous statement of his views as to how 'theory' might profit from a greater awareness of current philosophical debates while philosophy might likewise gain by adopting a more open-minded attitude toward developments in literary theory. Most significant here is Norris's continuing exploration of the various points of contact between Jacques Derrida's thought and the kinds of concern - especially with issues in philosophical semantics and speech-act theory - that have preoccupied thinkers in the 'other', mainstream-analytic line of descent. However his focus is consistently on matters that should be of interest to philosophers and literary theorists alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus Norris devotes some penetrating commentary to topics such as modal or 'possible-worlds' logic as it bears upon issues in narrative theory; the 'two cultures' (science \u003ci\u003eversus\u003c\/i\u003e literature) controversy; the different ways in which literary theory has alternately embraced and rejected the appeal to 'scientific' modes of analysis; and some possible reasons for Wittgenstein's well-known aversion to Shakespeare. He also suggests a novel approach to the free-will\/determinism issue by way of debates about the nature of language and the scope it affords for expressive creativity despite - or owing to - the limits imposed by various structural constraints. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAltogether this important new book provides a welcome overview of the author's current thinking and an equally welcome enlargement of horizons in contrast to the narrowly specialised character of much present-day academic discourse.","brand":"Continuum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45083704688791,"sku":"9780826497567","price":5612.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780826497567.webp?v=1767264053","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fiction-philosophy-and-literary-theory-will-the-real-saul-kripke-please-stand-up-9780826497567","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}