"The Colour Out of Space": Lovecraft on Induction

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Pub Date : 2021-06-29 DOI:10.1353/phl.2021.0003

Kieran Setiya

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Abstract

Abstract:The problem of induction is affective as well as epistemic: how ought we to feel about the limits of human cognition? This question is pursued through H. P. Lovecraft's 1927 short story, "The Colour Out of Space." Lovecraft explores the meaning of our epistemic frailty, drawing on George Santayana's Scepticism and Animal Faith. His narrative elicits inductive vertigo, the fear that our concepts fail to carve nature at the joints.

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“空间之外的色彩”：洛夫克拉夫特的感应

摘要：归纳的问题是情感性的，也是认识性的：我们应该如何看待人类认知的极限？这个问题是通过H.P.洛夫克拉夫特1927年的短篇小说《太空之外的颜色》来探讨的。洛夫克拉夫特借鉴乔治·桑塔亚纳的怀疑论和动物信仰，探讨了我们认识脆弱的含义。他的叙述引发了诱导性眩晕，担心我们的概念无法在关节处雕刻出自然。

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