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Philosophies of Crime 192:Layout 1 2/4/13 14:33 Page 3 Philosophies of Crime 192:Layout 1 2/4/13 14:33 Page 2 Philosophies of Crime 192:Layout 1 2/4/13 14:33 Page 1 Philosophies of Crime 192:Layout 1 2/4/13 14:33 Page 4 Firstpublishedin2013byNoExitPress, animprintofOldcastleBooksLtd, POBox394, Harpenden,Herts, AL51XJ www.noexit.co.uk EditedbyStevenMair ©JosefHoffmann2013 TherightofJosefHoffmanntobeidentifiedastheauthorofthisworkhasbeen assertedinaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproduced,stored inorintroducedintoaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyform orbyanymeans(electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingor otherwise)withoutthewrittenpermissionofthepublishers. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorisedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN 978–1–84344–139–7(print) 978–1–84344–140–3(epub) 978–1–84344–141–0(kindle) 978–1–84344–142–7(pdf) 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 TypesetbyAvocetTypeset,Somerton,Somerset in11.5ptMinion PrintedinGreatBritainbyClaysLtd,StIvesplc FormoreinformationaboutCrimeFictiongoto@crimetimeuk Philosophies of Crime 192:Layout 1 2/4/13 14:33 Page 5 There is no escape from philosophy. The question is only whether [a philosophy]isgoodorbad,muddledorclear. KarlJaspers,WaytoWisdom:AnIntroductiontoPhilosophy. AndsinceIwantedyoutofeelaspleasurabletheonethingthatfrightens us – namely, the metaphysical shudder – I had only to choose (from among the model plots) the most metaphysical and philosophical: the detectivenovel. UmbertoEco,postscripttoTheNameoftheRose. Philosophies of Crime 192:Layout 1 2/4/13 14:33 Page 6 Philosophies of Crime 192:Layout 1 2/4/13 14:33 Page 7 Table of Contents Preface 9 1. CrimeFictionandPhilosophy:IntroductionandOverview 11 a) Thephilosophicalthoughtsofcrimewritersandcrime fiction 12 b) Thephilosophers’viewsoncrimefiction 20 c) Philosophicalthemesandmethodsincrimefiction 26 2. CrimeFiction’sEmergencefromtheSpiritofWestern Philosophy 32 3. TheRationalWorldofSherlockHolmes 71 a) Onlogicincrimeinvestigation 71 b) OnrationalismintheSherlockHolmesstories 82 4. GilbertKeithChesterton’sChristianPhilosophy 91 5. Hammett’sPragmatism 100 6. Wittgenstein,PI,andtheMysteryoftheMissingLink 117 a) Wittgensteinasareaderofcrimefiction 117 b) TracesofandaffinitiestocrimefictioninWittgenstein’sway ofthinkingandwriting 121 c) The‘fairplayrule’discourseamongcrimewritersand Wittgenstein’sconceptofthelanguagegame 127 d) Detectivestoriesandthelanguagegame 128 e) Thefinalclue 130 7. AlbertCamusandthePhilosophyofCrime 135 7 Philosophies of Crime 192:Layout 1 2/4/13 14:33 Page 8 Contents 8. JorgeLuisBorges’LogicofStaging 149 9. DeathinCrimeFictionandPhilosophy 157 10. TheConsolationofCrimeFictionisStrongerthanthe ConsolationofPhilosophy 175 a) Philosophicalconsolation 175 b) Theconsolationofcrimefiction 182 Index 193 Philosophies of Crime 192:Layout 1 2/4/13 14:33 Page 9 Preface Thisbookdoesnotclaimtoanalysethetopicofthephilosophiesofcrime fiction in an academic manner.Rather,it is a selection of related essays thatrefertoaspectsofacademicresearchincrimefictionandphilosophy. Thetextisaimedatreadersofcrimefictionwhowouldliketoknowmore abouttheirfavouriteliteratureandIwouldbedelightediftherewereone ortwophilosophersorreadersof philosophyamongthereadersof this book. Forcriticalreading,referencesandsuggestions,IamgratefultoPeter Philipp, Hilde Ganßmüller, Jutta Wilkesmann and above all my wife GabrieleKern.

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