The Epistemology of the Wonder-Closet: Melville, Moby-Dick, and the Marvelous

Luck, Chad

doi:10.1111/j.1750-1849.2007.01187.x

Leviathan

2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-1849.2007.01187.x

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The Epistemology of the Wonder-Closet: Melville, Moby-Dick, and the Marvelous

Chad Luck

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“…Thus, much of the information given on whales is beholden only to the general climate of contemporaneous natural history. For more on this issue, see Luck ().…”

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The Puzzle of Factual Praise

Holliday

2017

The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

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It seems that we are not willing to give up the intuitions that (1) works of fiction are free from the constraints of historical truth and (2) historical inaccuracies sometimes count against the artistic value of works of fiction. Christopher Bartel calls this the puzzle of historical criticism. I argue that this puzzle extends beyond historical facts. While it is especially salient that historical accuracy at times appears relevant to the evaluation of fictional works, such relevance appears to be a feature of facts in general. I then propose a partial strategy for resolving the puzzle.

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“…Thus, much of the information given on whales is beholden only to the general climate of contemporaneous natural history. For more on this issue, see Luck ().…”

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The Puzzle of Factual Praise

Holliday

2017

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Knowing When You’re in Terra Incognita:Mapping, Vision, and Orientation in Ishmael's Anatomies

Woods

2012

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The Epistemology of the Wonder-Closet: Melville, Moby-Dick, and the Marvelous

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The Puzzle of Factual Praise

The Puzzle of Factual Praise

Knowing When You’re in Terra Incognita:Mapping, Vision, and Orientation in Ishmael's Anatomies

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