The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes

Contents

Contents Introduction 1   Philip Tallon and David Baggett Sherlock Holmes as Epistemologist 7   David Baggett Not the Crime, but the Man: Sherlock Holmes and Charles Augustus Milverton 23   David Rozema A Case of Insincerity: What Does It Mean to Deceive Someone? 37   Kevin Kinghorn Sherlock’s Reasoning Toolbox 49   Massimo Pigliucci Watsons, Adlers, Lestrades, and Moriarties: On the Nature of Friends and Enemies 61   Philip Tallon Eliminating the Impossible: Sherlock Holmes and the Supernatural 77   Kyle Blanchette Was It Morally Wrong to Kill Off Sherlock Holmes? 93   Andrew Terjesen Sherlock Holmes: Artist of Reason 109   D. Q. McInerny Sherlock Holmes and the Ethics of Hyperspecialization 121   Bridget McKenney Costello and Gregory Bassham Passionate Objectivity in Sherlock Holmes 133   Charles Taliaferro and Michel Le Gall The Industrious Sherlock Holmes 143   Gregory Bassham The Dog That Did Not Bark: Learning How to Read “The Book of Life” 153   Carrie-Ann Biondi Aristotle on Detective Fiction 167   Dorothy L. Sayers The Grim Reaper on Baker Street 181   Elizabeth Glass-Turner Acknowledgments 197 List of Contributors 199 Index 203 ...