Q: What role does marshalling evidence play in the process of “learning through” in literature?
”Knowledge is achieved by marshalling evidence supporting whatever truth-claim is being made” (341)
“knowledge of the kind associated with ‘living through’ is not amenable to evidential support” (343)
The process of “learning through” seems to be integral to the cognitive value of literature. This seems to be the essential aspect involved in the meaning we derive from works of literature. Accordingly, I did not immediately understand what Lamarque and Olsen meant when they implied that marshalling evidence was required for knowledge to be obtained, but the process of “learning through” did not involve marshalling evidence.
It seems that when we “learn through” a piece of literature, we are using our own experiences as the marshalling evidence. We ultimately decide to accept a conclusion implied in a piece of literature based of our comparison of this fictitious series of events to our own experiences. Consequently, I am not entirely sure as to why Lamarque and Olsen insist that knowledge associated with “living through” is not open to evidential support. I would simply respond by stating that we use our own experiences as evidential support.
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