Scepticism at sea: Herman Melville and philosophical doubt

<p>This thesis explores Herman Melville’s relationship to sceptical philosophy. By reading Melville’s fictions of the 1840s and 1850s alongside the writings of Descartes, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant, I seek to show that they manifest by turns expression, rebuttal, and mitigated acceptance of phil...

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Glavni autori: Evans, D, David Evans
Daljnji autori: Marcus, L
Format: Disertacija
Jezik:English
Izdano: 2013
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