The Reception and Impact of Hans Vaihinger’s Fictionalism (The Philosophy of »As If«) in Literature, and Literary, Art, and Cultural Theory
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The project represents the first systematic, historical investigation of the vast reception and impact of The Philosophy of »As If« (1911) by Hans Vaihinger in philosophy and literature, and in art, literary, and cultural theory from the interwar period to the present. Recent revisiting of the part played by Vaihinger’s theorems in literary and cultural theory and in philosophy has made a case for approaches that go beyond research into its historical-philological reception and instead reflect on the reasons for the role of fictionalism as a source of inspiration.
CV
Alice Stašková is Professor of German Literature at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Prague (2005) and habilitated at the Free University Berlin (2015). She was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in 2007–08 and Max Kade Professor at Vanderbilt University (Nashville) in Spring 2015.
Publications
Friedrich Schillers philosophischer Stil. Logik – Rhetorik – Ästhetik, Paderborn 2021; Nächte der Aufklärung. Studien zur Ästhetik, Ethik und Erkenntnistheorie in »Voyage au bout de la nuit« von Louis-Ferdinand Céline und »Die Schlafwandler« von Hermann Broch, Tübingen 2008.
