Abstract
AbstractMikkonen’s new book and his emphasis on understanding should be regarded as an important contribution to the contemporary debate on the cognitive value of literary narratives. As I shall argue, his notion of understanding can also help explain how literature is existentially valuable. In so doing, his account can support a radicalized contemporary neo-cognitivism according to which literature can affect us existentially and lead to a personal transformation.
Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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