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

Singer, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0271048468 ISBN 13 : 9780271048468

Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0271048468
• ISBN 13: 9780271048468
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible