Between Literature and Science
：Poe, Lem and Explorations in Aesthetics, Cognitive Science, and Literary Knowledge
Publication subTitle ：Poe, Lem and Explorations in Aesthetics, Cognitive Science, and Literary Knowledge
Publisher： McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication year： 2000
E-ISBN: 9780773568372
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780773520431
Subject： I0-05 Literature and other sciences)
Keyword： 世界文学
Language： ENG
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Description
In Between Literature and Science Peter Swirski examines the true intellectual scope of Edgar Allan Poe and Stanislaw Lem. Using a genuinely interdisciplinary approach he shows that they propose far-reaching hypotheses in aesthetics, epistemology, cognitive science, philosophy of science, literary studies, and pragmatics as well as in cosmology, artificial intelligence, and futurology. Swirski argues that previous studies of their science fiction works, in neglecting these broader philosophical and scientific ambitions, have misrepresented Poe and Lem's artistic achievements.