Tuesday, April 2, 2019

The Philosophy of Fiction

The Philosophy of Fiction (1999): A book on the concept of fiction, that asks questions such as What it fiction? Is a work of fiction something that is true? What is narrative? What is narrative in that it can work in quite different media (drama, video, literary, etc)?. This book is written in the philosophical tradition, in particular the theory of human intersubjectivity, whether considered as a concern of Anglophone philosophy of language, critical European philosophy and phenomenology, or late twentieth century critical theory.

Nature Culture

Nature Culture (2005): A series of essays on the contemporary aesthetics of nature and ecological restoration as an art rather than as a purely functionalist discipline of ecosystem management. It begins with the understanding that there is no such thing on earth as extra-human nature and that in Australia in particular the native ecosystems have been worked on for thousands of years. The essays, written as literary and philosophical essays, are about the personal experience of nature in the rainforests and eucalypt forests of northern NSW.