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Literature and Knowledge
Author(s): Catherine Wilson
Source: Philosophy, Vol. 58, No. 226 (Oct., 1983), pp. 489-496
Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal Institute of Philosophy
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There is probablyno subjectin the philosophy artwhichhas prompted than the questionof the 'cognitivevalue' of more impassionedtheorizing critichas stated,'I do not disworksof art. 'In the end', one influential betweenscience and art exceptas regardsmethod.Both provide tinguish to and both are indispensable a completeunderus with a view of reality between If of standing the universe.'1 a man is not preparedto distinguish science and art one may well wonderwhat he is preparedto distinguish of it between,but in all fairness should be pointedout that the writings contain equally strenuous statementsof doctrine. For anti-cognitivists which are 'true' if
I. A. Richards,poetryconsistsof 'pseudo-statements' attitudes whichon other or they'suit and servesome attitude linktogether

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