The Methodology of Sherlock Holmes: What Is at the Nub of the Process?

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI:10.1353/phl.2023.a913811

Russell L. Quacchia

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Abstract

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The nub of Sherlock Holmes's investigative process has been overlooked in the analytical literature on the subject—until now. This study drills down into the character's methodology to explicate what is at its very heart. I present Holmes as a rational empiricist operating at the explicit level of observation and inference but also as an intuitive empathizer operating at a tacit level of awareness involving imaginative guesswork. I claim that the operational story of the former, where identifying essential clues to resolving a case involves intuitively sensing relevance, necessarily relies on that of the latter.

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福尔摩斯的方法论:过程的核心是什么?

摘要:夏洛克·福尔摩斯调查过程的关键部分一直被有关该主题的分析文献所忽视——直到现在。这项研究深入研究了角色的方法论，以解释其核心内容。我认为福尔摩斯是一个理性的经验主义者，在观察和推理的明确层面上运作，但同时也是一个直觉的移情者，在意识的隐性层面上运作，包括富有想象力的猜测。我认为，前者的操作故事，即识别解决案件的关键线索，涉及直觉地感知相关性，必然依赖于后者。

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