Truth and Art: A Discussion between Two Philosophical Traditions

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dc.contributor.authorDella Zazzera, Anthony
dc.contributor.supervisorYoung, James O.
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-05T22:50:29Z
dc.date.available2013-07-05T22:50:29Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-07-05
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Philosophy
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractPeter Lamarque and Stein Haugom Olsen, in Truth, Fiction, and Literature: A Philosophical Perspective (1994), advance a "no-truth" theory of literature, which has become highly influential in the analytic tradition of the philosophy of art. However, considering the historical precursors that have influenced them, their work has been defined largely without considering certain strands of Continental philosophy. In particular, they do not seriously consider the tradition of Heideggerian phenomenology. In this thesis, by relying on the philosophy of Heideggerian thinker Hans-Georg Gadamer, I argue that Lamarque and Olsen advance their no-truth theory of literature because they consider the concept of truth too narrowly. However, there are key elements of Lamarque and Olsen's theory that come very close to a Gadamerian view of art but cannot be satisfactorily explained by appealing only to the fundamental tenets of their strand of analytic philosophy. I conclude by opposing their theory insofar as it is a no-truth theory of literature, but by supporting their theory insofar as it reiterates certain insights that are provided by Gadamer.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0422en_US
dc.description.proquestemailadellazazzera@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4682
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectTruthen_US
dc.subjectArten_US
dc.subjectPhilosophyen_US
dc.subjectHermeneuticsen_US
dc.subjectAnalyticen_US
dc.subjectContinentalen_US
dc.titleTruth and Art: A Discussion between Two Philosophical Traditionsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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