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reachedforthetextswrittenbythephilosopherschosentobecome
mycharacters,butIavoidedreadingstudies,notwantingtoimply
opinionsexpressedinthem.Itoftenturnedoutthatmyearlier
understandingoftextsofthesethinkerswasincompleteorincor-
rect.AndIwasneversurethatitwascompletelycorrect.
Inwhatsensecanthereadingofphilosophicalworks,
andthistimeIdonotmeannovelsorshortstories,
provideinspirationtofictionwriters?Philosophystu-
dentsarewellacquaintedwith,forexample,Sartre's
novelisticphenomenology,ashehimselfwasaphiloso-
pher,butstudiesonthepresenceofphilosophical
thoughtinfineliteratureareleftforthemtoperform
"ontheirown".Ifyouweretoprepareasyllabusof
philosophicalconversationsontheinterpenetrationof
philosophyandliterature,whattitleswouldyouputon
suchalist?
Withouthesitation,Iwouldadvisetoincludethefollowingtexts
onit:IrrehaarebyJacekDukaj,SolarisbyStanisławLemand
TheSilverChairbyC.S.Lewis.Theseauthorstrytoshowin
masterfullyselectedexamples-howdifficultitsometimesisto
determinewhetherwhatisgiventoapersonindirectexperience
canbedescribedas"real".
Acontinuationofwhichphilosophicalnovelwouldyou
behappytogreetonbookshelves?
NationbyTerryPratchett,whosensationallyandatthesametime
inaveryamusingmannershowsinwhatwayinitiallyindisputable
religiousbeliefsbecomeasubjectofintensecriticismforahero.
Aswehavealreadymentioned,PhilipandJulia,the
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