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Science and Literary Criticism

Science and Literary Criticism This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Among the scientists of our time Herbert Dingle is a notable exception. He has made a searching analysis of criticism and its function in science. In a series of scholarly articles, addresses, and books he has built up a substantial body of critical material on criticism. He has done all this despite the fact that he believes strongly that in the present state of knowledge it is impossible to make criticism scientific. Despite this, and to add injury to insult, criticism has made errors which could have been avoided if the general principles of scientific thought had been followed. This booklet, Science and Literary Criticism, is divided into 2 parts. One poses the question, Is a science of criticism possible? The other deals with scientific methods of criticism as applied to Wordsworth, Swinburne, and Browning. Dingle is very emphatic that he confines the term criticism strictly to literary criticism. Though http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

Science and Literary Criticism

Bean, William B.
Archives of Internal Medicine , Volume 110 (4) – Oct 1, 1962
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1962 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0003-9926
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1538-3679
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10.1001/archinte.1962.03620220135024
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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract Among the scientists of our time Herbert Dingle is a notable exception. He has made a searching analysis of criticism and its function in science. In a series of scholarly articles, addresses, and books he has built up a substantial body of critical material on criticism. He has done all this despite the fact that he believes strongly that in the present state of knowledge it is impossible to make criticism scientific. Despite this, and to add injury to insult, criticism has made errors which could have been avoided if the general principles of scientific thought had been followed. This booklet, Science and Literary Criticism, is divided into 2 parts. One poses the question, Is a science of criticism possible? The other deals with scientific methods of criticism as applied to Wordsworth, Swinburne, and Browning. Dingle is very emphatic that he confines the term criticism strictly to literary criticism. Though

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Published: Oct 1, 1962

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