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Between Literature and Science: Poe, Lem and Explorations in Aesthetics, Cognitive Science, and Literary Knowledge

By Peter Swirski

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
9780773568372
DOI
10.1515/9780773568372
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2423275 bytes)
Pages
224\203
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 20:32:26

Description

In Between Literature and Science Peter Swirski examines the true 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.

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