Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

The philosophy of Sherlock Holmes /

The philosophy of Sherlock Holmes / edited by Philip Tallon and David Baggett. - Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2012. - 206 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780813136714 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813136717 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780813136875 (pdf) 0813136873 (pdf) 9780813140568 (epub) 0813140560 (epub)

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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.

PR 4624 / .P485 2012

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