ENACTMENT OR EXPLORATION: TWO ROLES FOR PHILOSOPHY IN THE NOVEL OF IDEAS
Authors: Nordberg, D.
Journal: Philosophy and Literature
Volume: 47
Issue: 1
Pages: 108-127
eISSN: 1086-329X
ISSN: 0190-0013
DOI: 10.1353/phl.2023.a899681
Abstract:I examine the often-denigrated concept of the novel of ideas from its inception and critical decline to its relatively recent revival. Using a variant of the exploitation-exploration dilemma in psychology, I suggest that early usage referred to works that exploit philosophical principles—or better, enact them—by setting philosophical positions in conflict. By contrast, use of the concept for more recent works sees characters and plots exploring philosophical stances. The shift corresponds with the greater attention paid to complexity and ambiguity that are hallmarks of continental philosophy and neopragmatism, and with it greater need to explore philosophical stances through fiction.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36300/
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Enactment or exploration: Two roles for philosophy in the novel of ideas
Authors: Nordberg, D.
Journal: Philosophy and Literature
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN: 0190-0013
DOI: 10.1353/phl.2023.a899681
Abstract:This article examines the often-denigrated concept of the novel of ideas through its inception, its critical decline, and relatively recent revival. Using a variant of the exploitation-exploration dilemma in psychology, it suggests that early usage referred to works that exploit philosophical principles – or better put, enact them – by setting philosophical positions in conflict. By contrast, use of the concept for other, and especially more recent works sees characters and plots as exploring philosophical stances. The shift corresponds with the greater attention paid to complexity and ambiguity that are hallmarks of continental philosophy and neopragmatism, and with it greater need to explore philosophical stances through fiction.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36300/
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/899681
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Enactment or exploration: Two roles for philosophy in the novel of ideas
Authors: Nordberg, D.
Journal: Philosophy and Literature
ISSN: 0190-0013
Abstract:This article examines the often-denigrated concept of the novel of ideas through its inception, its critical decline, and relatively recent revival. Using a variant of the exploitation-exploration dilemma in psychology, it suggests that early usage referred to works that exploit philosophical principles – or better put, enact them – by setting philosophical positions in conflict. By contrast, use of the concept for other, and especially more recent works sees characters and plots as exploring philosophical stances. The shift corresponds with the greater attention paid to complexity and ambiguity that are hallmarks of continental philosophy and neopragmatism, and with it greater need to explore philosophical stances through fiction.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36300/
https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/158
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