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Ossian’s Folk Psychology
- Author(s):
- John Savarese (see profile)
- Date:
- 2013
- Group(s):
- LLC English Romantic, LLC Late-18th-Century English, LLC Scottish, TC Cognitive and Affect Studies, TC Science and Literature
- Subject(s):
- Cognitive science--Philosophy, Philosophy of mind, Poetry, Romanticism, Scottish literature
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Cognitive theory
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/t8sk-fb13
- Abstract:
- When James Macpherson turned to the popular poetry of ancient Scotland, he found in it what philosophers now call folk psychology: a commonsense theory about how minds work. Yet because his poems were largely forgeries, Macpherson winds up importing more recent physiology into his portrayal of ancient, pagan materialism. As a result, the poems’ vernacular packaging ultimately delivers a philosophy closer to more counterintuitive models of mindedness: primitive animism, radical materialism, and innate faculties of mind recognition. In ways that remain relevant today, the Ossianic project seeks a materialism that might situate literary artifacts within a broader, interdisciplinary terrain.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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