Unreliable narratives and scepticism: what can we learn from fiction?
| buir.advisor | Bergès, Sandrine | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vural, Fatma Zehra | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-16T08:30:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-16T08:30:58Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2021-05 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-05 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2021-06-28 | |
| dc.department | Department of Philosophy | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of article. | en_US |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.S.): Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2021. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-38). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis investigates whether we can learn from fiction. First, I analyse accounts of how we understand fiction and of the concepts that need to be analysed. Then I look more specifically at accounts that suggest we can learn from works of fiction. I argue that these accounts are unsatisfying and focus instead on a literary device, unreliable narration, from which I argue we can derive a better account of how we learn from fiction. I offer an analysis of a literary device called unreliable narration. Afterwards I suggest that this literary technique can provide a different way of learning from fiction. Finally, I argue that what my analysis of unreliable narration suggests is that through this device, fiction can help us learn and practice scepticism as an epistemic virtue. | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | M.A. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Fatma Zehra Vural | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | [vi], 38 leaves ; 30 cm. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.itemid | B155174 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11693/76430 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Bilkent University | en_US |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fiction | en_US |
| dc.subject | Unreliable narrator | en_US |
| dc.subject | Scepticism | en_US |
| dc.subject | Epistemic virtue | en_US |
| dc.title | Unreliable narratives and scepticism: what can we learn from fiction? | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Güvenilmez anlatıcılar ve kuşkuculuk: kurgudan ne öğrenebiliriz? | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |