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This Title Examines How Works Of Literary Fiction Can Be A Source Of Knowledge. It Mixes Work By Literary Theorists With That Of Analytic Philosophers Which Provides A Variety Of Ways In Which Fiction Can Engage Questions Of Worldly Interest. Introduction: The Prospects Of Literary Cognitivism / John Gibson -- Learning From Literature / Peter Lamarque -- Literary Realism, Recognition, And The Communication Of Knowledge / Noël Carroll -- The Laboratory Of The Mind / Catherine Z. Elgin -- How Could You?: Deeper Understanding Through Fiction / Susan L. Feagin -- Aharon Appelfeld And The Problem Of Holocaust Fiction / Bernard Harrison -- The Return Of The Repressed: Caring About Literature And Its Themes / Luca Pocci -- Lewis Carroll: Fugitive From Reality? / A.d. Nuttall -- Philosophy As/and/of Literature / Arthur C. Danto -- The Ends Of Narrative / Richard Eldridge -- Narrative Catharsis / Garry L. Hagberg -- Postmodern Narratives Of The Past: Simon Schama / Lubomír Doležel -- En Abyme: Internal Models And Cognitive Mapping / Brian Mchale -- Traveling Stories: Knowledge, Activism, And The Humanities / Linda Hutcheon -- Poetry And Cognition / Eileen John -- Why Read Literature? The Cognitive Function Of Form / Wolfgang Huemer -- The Way Light At The Edge Of A Beach In Autumn Is Learned: Literature As Learning / Frank B. Farrell -- Wonder In The Winter's Tale: A Cautionary Account Of Epistemic Criticism / Charles Altieri -- Legends And Myths / Kendall L. Walton -- Literature And Make-believe / Joseph Margolis -- Art And The View From Nowhere / Alex Burri -- Culture: A Recursive Process / Wolfgang Iser. Edited By John Gibson, Wolfgang Huemer, And Luca Pocci. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.