tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56517509827718842.post7008526249501980970..comments2024-03-28T13:17:31.923-07:00Comments on Raritania: Reconsidering Philo-FictionNaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06937701625419069972noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56517509827718842.post-49362346812246064852018-07-18T02:59:06.425-07:002018-07-18T02:59:06.425-07:00In the meantime, however, I would guess that the H...In the meantime, however, I would guess that the Hegelian element in Asimov is to be found in the Robot tales (rather than, for example, the Foundation novels).Naderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06937701625419069972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56517509827718842.post-86525802692182708652018-07-18T02:44:33.511-07:002018-07-18T02:44:33.511-07:00Hi Terence. Thank you for your comment. Not having...Hi Terence. Thank you for your comment. Not having seen Martin's book yet I can't speak to its argument, but it does seem worth checking out.<br />Naderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06937701625419069972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56517509827718842.post-72927908097989536962018-07-16T02:47:25.555-07:002018-07-16T02:47:25.555-07:00Hello Nader. I agree with you that the philosophic...Hello Nader. I agree with you that the philosophical dimension of sf was there from the beginning, and that it is present even in the seemingly exclusively "hard" sf works. Last year I read a book by Jean-Clet Martin that goes even further, and finds that the speculative element of sf can best be described in terms of the categories of Hegel's logic. The title is LOGIQUE DE LA SCIENCE FICTION: De Hegel à Philip K. Dick. He argues that Asimov was influenced by Hegel's philosophy of history and that many sf authors were influenced by Hegel's logic either directly or indirectly via Korzybski's non-Aristotelian logic and its explicit sf use by A.E. van Vogt. Independently of the specific reference to Hegel, Martin does a good job of showing how an exploration of very general concepts such as Being and Nothing, Contingence and Necessity, Difference and Repetition, etc. has always been a fundamental part of sf and of its appeal.Terence Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936707523015565137noreply@blogger.com