{"product_id":"revising-fiction-fact-and-faith-a-philosophical-account-paperback","title":"Revising Fiction, Fact, and Faith: A Philosophical Account - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathaniel Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Gavaler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses how our revisionary practices account for relations between texts and how they are read. It offers an overarching philosophy of revision concerning works of fiction, fact, and faith, revealing unexpected insights about the philosophy of language, the metaphysics of fact and fiction, and the history and philosophy of science and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien as exemplars, the authors introduce a fundamental distinction between the purely physical and the linguistic aspects of texts. They then demonstrate how two competing theories of reference--descriptivism and referentialism--are instead constitutive of a single semantic account needed to explain all kinds of revision. The authors also propose their own metaphysical foundations of fiction and fact. The next part of the book brings the authors' philosophy of revision into dialogue with Thomas Kuhn's famous analysis of factual, and specifically scientific, change. It also discusses a complex episode in the history of paleontology, demonstrating how scientific and popular texts can diverge over time. Finally, the authors expand their philosophy of revision to religious texts, arguing that, rather than being distinct, such texts are always read as other kinds, that faith tends to be more important as evidence for religious texts than for others, and that the latter explains why religious communities tend to have remarkable historical longevity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevising Fiction, Fact, and Faith\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique and comprehensive account of the philosophy of revision. It will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of language, metaphysics, philosophy of literature, literary theory and criticism, and history and philosophy of science and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNathaniel Goldberg\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at W\u0026amp;L University, USA. He is author of \u003ci\u003eKantian Conceptual Geography \u003c\/i\u003e(2015) and \u003ci\u003eSuperhero Thought Experiments \u003c\/i\u003e(with Chris Gavaler, 2019). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChris Gavaler\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of English at W\u0026amp;L University, USA. He is author of \u003ci\u003eOn the Origin of Superheroes\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eSuperhero Comics\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eSuperhero Thought Experiments \u003c\/i\u003e(with Nathaniel Goldberg, 2019), \u003ci\u003eCreating Comics: A Writer's and Illustrator's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e (with Leigh Ann Beavers, 2020), and \u003ci\u003eThe Comics Form \u003c\/i\u003e(Routledge, forthcoming).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52695339401523,"sku":"9780367508753","price":107.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YTVOUWJRVzVTTG41MnRGNDhUMWVBZz09.webp?v=1763089084","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/revising-fiction-fact-and-faith-a-philosophical-account-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}