Aesthetic Experience, Mimesis and Testimony

In this article, I relate the demand that Paul Ricoeur suggests mimesis places on the way we think about truth to the idea that the work of art is a model for thinking about testimony. By attributing a work’s epoché of reality to the work of imagination, I resolve the impasse that arises from attrib...

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Main Author: Roger W. H. Savage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2012-06-01
Series:Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies
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Online Access:http://ricoeur.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/ricoeur/article/view/114