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The philosophy of Sherlock Holmes / edited by Philip Tallon and David Baggett.

Title
The philosophy of Sherlock Holmes / edited by Philip Tallon and David Baggett.
Publication
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Tallon, Philip.
  • Baggett, David.
Description
206 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Introduction / David Baggett and Philip Tallon -- Sherlock Holmes as Epistemologist / David Baggett -- Not the Crime, but the Man: Sherlock Holmes and Charles Augustus Milverton / David Rozema -- A Case of Insincerity: What Does it Mean to Deceive Someone? / Kevin Kinghorn -- Sherlock's Reasoning Toolbox / Massimo Pigliucci -- Watsons, Adlers, Lestrades, and Moriarties: on the Nature of Friends and Enemies / Philip Tallon -- Eliminating the impossible: Sherlock Holmes and the supernatural / Kyle Blanchette -- Was it morally wrong to kill off Sherlock Holmes? / Andrew Terjesen -- Sherlock Holmes: Artist of Reason / D.Q. McInerny -- Sherlock Holmes and the Ethics of Hyperspecialization / Bridget McKenney Costello and Gregory Bassham -- Passionate Objectivity in Sherlock Holmes / Charles Taliaferro and Michel Le Gall -- The Industrious Sherlock Holmes / Gregory Bassham -- The Dog That Did Not Bark: Learning How to Read "The Book of Life" / Carrie-Ann Biondi -- Aristotle on Detective Fiction / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The Grim Reaper on Baker Street / Elizabeth Glass-Turner.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 > Characters > Sherlock Holmes
  • Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)
  • Detective and mystery stories, English > History and criticism
  • Philosophy in literature
  • Private investigators in literature
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction / David Baggett and Philip Tallon -- Sherlock Holmes as Epistemologist / David Baggett -- Not the Crime, but the Man: Sherlock Holmes and Charles Augustus Milverton / David Rozema -- A Case of Insincerity: What Does it Mean to Deceive Someone? / Kevin Kinghorn -- Sherlock's Reasoning Toolbox / Massimo Pigliucci -- Watsons, Adlers, Lestrades, and Moriarties: on the Nature of Friends and Enemies / Philip Tallon -- Eliminating the impossible: Sherlock Holmes and the supernatural / Kyle Blanchette -- Was it morally wrong to kill off Sherlock Holmes? / Andrew Terjesen -- Sherlock Holmes: Artist of Reason / D.Q. McInerny -- Sherlock Holmes and the Ethics of Hyperspecialization / Bridget McKenney Costello and Gregory Bassham -- Passionate Objectivity in Sherlock Holmes / Charles Taliaferro and Michel Le Gall -- The Industrious Sherlock Holmes / Gregory Bassham -- The Dog That Did Not Bark: Learning How to Read "The Book of Life" / Carrie-Ann Biondi -- Aristotle on Detective Fiction / Dorothy L. Sayers -- The Grim Reaper on Baker Street / Elizabeth Glass-Turner.
ISBN
  • 9780813136714 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0813136717 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780813136875 (pdf)
  • 0813136873 (pdf)
  • 9780813140568 (epub)
  • 0813140560 (epub)
LCCN
^^2012020842
OCLC
  • 788282024
  • SCSB-12360432
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library