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Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature.

The Unexpected

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    A Hardback by Mark Currie

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      Publisher Edinburgh University Press
      Published 31 January 2013
      ISBN-13 9780748676293
      978-0748676293
      ISBN-10 0748676295

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature.

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