The Self-Deceiving Muse: Notice and Knowledge in the Work of Art - Brossura

Singer, Alan

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ISBN 10: 0271048468 ISBN 13: 9780271048468

Casa editrice: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 2010

Riassunto

Current philosophical discussions of self-deception remain steeped in disagreement and controversy. In The Self-Deceiving Muse, Alan Singer proposes a radical revision of our commonplace understanding of self-deception. Singer asserts that self-deception, far from being irrational, is critical to our capacity to be acute "noticers" of our experience. The book demonstrates how self-deception can be both a resource for rational activity generally and, more specifically, a prompt to aesthetic innovation. It thereby provides new insights into the ways in which our imaginative powers bear on art and life. The implications—philosophical, aesthetic, and ethical—of such a proposition indicate the broadly interdisciplinary thrust of this work, which incorporates "readings" of novels, paintings, films, and video art.

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L'autore:

Alan Singer is Professor of English at Temple University. His previous books include Aesthetic Reason: Artworks and the Deliberative Ethos (Penn State, 2003).

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Book by Singer Alan

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0271048468
• ISBN 13: 9780271048468
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240