Acknowledgement and the paradox of tragedy.
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Authors
Evers, Daan
Deng, Natalja
Abstract
We offer a new answer to the paradox of tragedy. We explain part of the appeal of tragic art in terms of its acknowledgement of sad aspects of life and offer a tentative explanation of why acknowledgement is a source of pleasure.
Description
This is the final published version. It first appeared at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-015-0495-0
Keywords
Acknowledgement theory, Jonathan Lear, Paradox of tragedy, Susan Feagin
Journal Title
Philos Stud
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Journal ISSN
0031-8116
1573-0883
1573-0883
Volume Title
173
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Sponsorship
Daan Evers was funded for part of the work by the European Research Council under the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC Grant agreement No 263227.