Books by Paul B. Armstrong

Taking up the age-old question of what our ability to tell stories reveals about language and the mind, this truly interdisciplinary project should be of interest to humanists and cognitive scientists alike.

Conflicting Readings: Variety and Validity in Interpretation

Examines the parallels between certain features of literary experience and functions of the brain. For critics and students of literature, this book engages fundamental questions within the humanities: What is aesthetic experience? What happens when we read a literary work? How does the interpretation of literature relate to other ways of knowing?