{"product_id":"only-imagine-kathleen-stock-9780198849766","title":"Only Imagine: Fiction, Interpretation and Imagination","description":"\u003cem\u003eOnly Imagine\u003c\/em\u003e offers a theory of fictional content or, as it is sometimes known, 'fictional truth'. \u003cbr\u003eThe theory of fictional content Kathleen Stock argues for is known as 'extreme intentionalism'; the idea that the fictional content of a particular work is equivalent to exactly what the author of the work \u003cem\u003eintended the reader to imagine\u003c\/em\u003e. Historically, this sort of view has been highly unpopular. Literary theorists and philosophers alike have poured scorn upon it. The first half of this book attempts to argue that it should in fact be taken very seriously as an adequate account of fictional truth: better, in fact, than many of its more popular rivals. The second half explores various explanatory benefits of extreme intentionalism for other issues in the philosophy of fiction and imagination. Namely, can fiction give us reliable knowledge? Why do we 'resist' imagining certain fictions? What, in fact, is a fiction? And, how should the imagination be characterised?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathleen Stock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198849761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198849766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d","brand":"Kathleen Stock","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990106013951,"sku":"9780198849766","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7fd2b24-2ff6-43b5-86ef-6110a1152c43.jpg?v=1683303026","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/only-imagine-kathleen-stock-9780198849766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}