Jorge Luis Borges, Post-Analytic Philosophy, and Representation

ISBN-13: 9780367874056 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 218 str.

Silvia G. Dapia

Opis

This book reads Borges philosophically, particularly in reference to his use of representation and reality. It exhibits how philosophical questions related to representation develop out of literature and serve as precursors to the various strains of post-analytic philosophy. Dapia discusses American philosophers Rorty, Putnam, Davidson, Goodman,

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Borges and Richard Rorty  2. Borges and Hilary Putnam  3. Borges, Nelson Goodman, and Arthur C. Danto  4. Encountering the Other: Borges, Donald Davidson and the Radical Interpreter  5. Self and Subjectivity  6. Conclusion

O autorze

Silvia Dapía is Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, US.