Vural, Fatma Zehra2021-08-162021-08-162021-052021-052021-06-28http://hdl.handle.net/11693/76430Cataloged from PDF version of article.Thesis (M.S.): Bilkent University, Department of Philosophy, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2021.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 37-38).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.[vi], 38 leaves ; 30 cm.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFictionUnreliable narratorScepticismEpistemic virtueUnreliable narratives and scepticism: what can we learn from fiction?Güvenilmez anlatıcılar ve kuşkuculuk: kurgudan ne öğrenebiliriz?ThesisB155174