PHL-1502 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Genre Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Criticism
30 Nov 2016
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Works of art appeal to emotion, not to reason, works of art are not concerned with the truth. Works of art are not concerned with the truth. Truth in art is sufficient but not necessary for appreciation. Is it just (cid:498)stuff that i believe really strongly(cid:499): declaring (cid:498)your truth(cid:499) does not necessarily mean that this (cid:498)truth(cid:499) is actually true. 2 minimum conditions for something to be (cid:498)truth(cid:499): In order for something to be true, it must be (cid:498)mind-independent(cid:499), In other words, something can be (cid:498)true(cid:499) and you not know. Truth in art is sufficient but not necessary for appreciation. or something that is true whether or not anyone knows it: believing something strongly does not make it true. In order for something to be true, it must be universal. In other words, it is not relative. that it is true: what you know and what is real are 2 different things, historical truths.
