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- catalog abstract ""Through close analysis of Eureka and The Purloined Letter, Peter Swirski evaluates Poe's epistemological theses in the light of contemporary philosophy of science and presents literary interpretation as a cooperative game played by the author and reader, thereby illuminating how we read fiction. The analysis of Poe's little-studied Eureka provides the basis for his discussion of Lem's critique of scientific reductionism and futurological forecasts. Drawing on his own interviews with Lem as well as analysis of his works, Swirski considers the author's scenarios involving computers capable of creative acts and discusses their socio-cultural implications. His analysis leads to bold arguments about the nature of literature and its relation to a broad range of other disciplines."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11637208.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Through close analysis of Eureka and The Purloined Letter, Peter Swirski evaluates Poe's epistemological theses in the light of contemporary philosophy of science and presents literary interpretation as a cooperative game played by the author and reader, thereby illuminating how we read fiction. The analysis of Poe's little-studied Eureka provides the basis for his discussion of Lem's critique of scientific reductionism and futurological forecasts. Drawing on his own interviews with Lem as well as analysis of his works, Swirski considers the author's scenarios involving computers capable of creative acts and discusses their socio-cultural implications. His analysis leads to bold arguments about the nature of literature and its relation to a broad range of other disciplines."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "1 Pragmatic Side of Aesthetics 3 -- 2 Towards a New Epistemology 27 -- 3 An Essay in Cosmology 49 -- 4 There Is Science in My Philosophy 71 -- 5 Future History of Biterature 92 -- 6 Of Machines and Men 116 -- Conclusion: No Discipline Is an Island 138.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-180) and index.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 183 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0773520430 (bound) :".
- catalog identifier "0773520783 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press,".
- catalog subject "818/.309 21".
- catalog subject "Aesthetics, American.".
- catalog subject "Cognitive science.".
- catalog subject "Lem, Stanisław Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Lem, Stanisław Knowledge Science.".
- catalog subject "Literature and science.".
- catalog subject "Littérature et sciences.".
- catalog subject "PS2642.S3 S85 2000".
- catalog subject "Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 Knowledge Science.".
- catalog subject "Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Eureka.".
- catalog subject "Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Purloined letter.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1 Pragmatic Side of Aesthetics 3 -- 2 Towards a New Epistemology 27 -- 3 An Essay in Cosmology 49 -- 4 There Is Science in My Philosophy 71 -- 5 Future History of Biterature 92 -- 6 Of Machines and Men 116 -- Conclusion: No Discipline Is an Island 138.".
- catalog title "Between literature and science : Poe, Lem, and explorations in aesthetics, cognitive science, and literary knowledge / Peter Swirski.".
- catalog type "text".