Carol de Dobay Rifelj

An investigation into the philosophical 'Problem of Other Minds', which is concerned with whether and to what extent we can know the thoughts of others, this book is focused on examining the issue through discussion of specific fictional cases. The result is a casebook of the approach to this issue by authors as diverse as Conan Doyle, Proust, Anthony Powell and Dashiell Hammett. The insights are intriguing from both literary and philosophical perspectives.