About me
I teach Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, and work on the arts and cognition.
I publish on fiction, narrative, the emotions, irony, cognitive archaeology.
Most Recent
For reflections on Tamar Gendler’s idea of alief, part sceptical, part sympathetic, see this draft paper, written with Anna Ichino.
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Research
I'm currently working on two projects: "Aesthetics and the Challenge from the Sciences" and "Literature as an Object of Knowledge".
Talks
In 2011 I will be giving a number of public lectures, colloquium talks, conference and workshop papers.
Books
I have published books dealing with fiction, film, imagination, the arts.
My most recent book is Narratives and Narrators: A Philosophy of Stories, published by the OUP.
My Work
Both philosophy and literature represent the world and reflect on it. They are clearly different, yet converge, overlap and relate to one another in various ways. Can anything be gained philosophically by examining literature? Conversely, does it add to our understanding of literature to look at it from a philosophical point of view?
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