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Logic --- Theory of knowledge --- Literature --- Counterfactuals (Logic) --- Philosophy --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Reality in literature --- Social aspects --- Philosophy - Social aspects

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'Realism' is a pervasive term in discussions of contemporary developments in the cultural sphere. By drawing on different theories of realism, the authors explore how the term may be used as a helpful concept in order to analyse and evaluate current trends in cultural production and, in turn, how cultural production changes our understanding of what counts as 'realism'. The contributions deal with realism in narrative fiction, drama and audiovisual media (film, television news) within the context of national traditions: examples drawn on in the case studies range from Africa, Britain, Germany, Iceland, Russia, Turkey to the United States. While the authors take their cues from media-specific 'realisms', focusing especially on narrative fiction, the volume also highlights continuities and intersections between notions of realism in different genres and media. With its original essays, this collection invigorates the transdisciplinary engagement with forms and socio-political functions of realism in contemporary culture.

Knowledge, Theory of. --- Realism in literature. --- Realism in motion pictures. --- Realism in the press. --- Reality in mass media. --- Press --- Realism in moving-pictures --- Motion pictures --- Neorealism (Literature) --- Magic realism (Literature) --- Mimesis in literature --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Mass media --- Reality in motion pictures. --- Contemporary Culture. --- Drama. --- Novel. --- Realism.

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Counterfactuality is currently a hotly debated topic. While for some disciplines such as linguistics, cognitive science, or psychology counterfactual scenarios have been an important object of study for quite a while, counterfactual thinking has in recent years emerged as a method of study for other disciplines, most notably the social sciences. This volume provides an overview of the current definitions and uses of the concept of counterfactuality in philosophy, historiography, political sciences, psychology, linguistics, physics, and literary studies. The individual contributions not only engage the controversies that the deployment of counterfactual thinking as a method still generates, they also highlight the concept's potential to promote interdisciplinary exchange without neglecting the limitations and pitfalls of such a project. Moreover, the essays from literary studies, which make up about half of the volume, provide both a historical and a systematic perspective on the manifold ways in which counterfactual scenarios can be incorporated into and deployed in literary texts.

Counterfactuals (Logic) --- Philosophy --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Reality in literature. --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Psychology --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Contrary-to-fact conditional --- Counterfactual conditionals --- Conditionals (Logic) --- Logic --- Social aspects. --- Alternate History. --- Counterfactuality. --- Thought Experiments. --- What-if Scenarios.

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