explorations in narrative thought experiments, evolution, and game theory /
Peter Swirski.
New York :
Routledge,
2007.
1 online resource (196 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-189) and index.
1. Literature and knowledge -- 2. Literature and modeling -- 3. Literature and evolution -- 4. Literature and thought experiments -- 5. Literature and game theory.
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Framed by the theory of evolution, this volume presents a new understanding of the mechanisms by which we transfer information from narrative make-believe to real life. Ranging across game theory, philosophy of science, and poetics and aesthetics, it explains how literary fictions perform as a systematic tool of enquiry.