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Acknowledgement and the paradox of tragedy.


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Authors

Evers, Daan 
Deng, Natalja 

Abstract

We offer a new answer to the paradox of tragedy. We explain part of the appeal of tragic art in terms of its acknowledgement of sad aspects of life and offer a tentative explanation of why acknowledgement is a source of pleasure.

Description

This is the final published version. It first appeared at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11098-015-0495-0

Keywords

Acknowledgement theory, Jonathan Lear, Paradox of tragedy, Susan Feagin

Journal Title

Philos Stud

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Journal ISSN

0031-8116
1573-0883

Volume Title

173

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
Daan Evers was funded for part of the work by the European Research Council under the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC Grant agreement No 263227.