Between Literature and Science Poe, Lem, and Explorations in Aesthetics, Cognitive Science, and Literary Knowledge
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- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr
- Publish date: 10/01/2001
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In Between Literature and Science Peter Swirski examines the intellectual scope of Edgar Allan Poe and Stanislaw Lem. Using a genuinely interdisciplinary approach he shows that they propose far-reaching hypotheses in aesthetics, epistemology, cognitive science, philosophy of science, literary studies, and pragmatics as well as in cosmology, artificial intelligence, and futurology. Swirski argues that previous studies of their science fiction works, in neglecting these broader philosophical and scientific ambitions, have misrepresented Poe and Lem's artistic achievements. His analysis leads to bold arguments about the nature of literature and its relation to a broad range of other disciplines.
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