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Recently fiction has been given a central role in the engagement in philosophical thinking, especially within an educational setting. We find many configurations of this intersection of the narrative and the philosophical and the variances among them need noting if we are to critically examine how each form works. But there remains a troubling question: can fiction really offer up philosophical ideas without failing as literature and missing the mark as philosophy? While allegories and analogies have a long and fruitful history of elucidating complex philosophical ideas, philosophers have taken pains to differentiate themselves from the crafter of tales. Philosophers have tended to prefer clear and sustained thinking through rational arguments over imaginative suggestion. Fiction is not philosophy. This paper will explore the different forms that narrative-as-philosophy can take and offer an assessment of the relative merits of these stories as invitations to philosophical thinking.||Recentemente deu-se à ficção um papel central para o envolvimento com o pensamento filosófico, especialmente dentro de um contexto educativo. Encontramos muitas configurações destas intersecções do narrativo, do filosófico, e precisamos notar as variações entre elas, se examinarmos criticamente a forma em que cada uma delas opera. Aqui cabe uma pergunta inquietante: pode realmente a ficção oferecer ideias filosóficas enquanto literatura, sem ser ela mesma filosófica? Enquanto as alegorias e as analogias tem uma larga e frutífera história de elucidação de complexas ideias filosóficas, os filósofos se deram o trabalho de se diferenciar dos criadores de histórias. Os filósofos preferiram os pensamentos sustentados em argumentos racionais em vez das sugestões imaginativas, Ficção não é filosofia. Este trabalho explorará as distintas formas que a narrativa como filosofia pode tomar e oferecer uma avaliação dos méritos relativos destas histórias como convite ao pensamento filosófico.||Recently fiction has been given a central role in the engagement in philosophical thinking, especially within an educational setting. We find many configurations of this intersection of the narrative and the philosophical and the variances among them need noting if we are to critically examine how each form works. But there remains a troubling question: can fiction really offer up philosophical ideas without failing as literature and missing the mark as philosophy? While allegories and analogies have a long and fruitful history of elucidating complex philosophical ideas, philosophers have taken pains to differentiate themselves from the crafter of tales. Philosophers have tended to prefer clear and sustained thinking through rational arguments over imaginative suggestion. Fiction is not philosophy. This paper will explore the different forms that narrative-as-philosophy can take and offer an assessment of the relative merits of these stories as invitations to philosophical thinking.||Recently fiction has been given a central role in the engagement in philosophical thinking, especially within an educational setting. We find many configurations of this intersection of the narrative and the philosophical and the variances among them need noting if we are to critically examine how each form works. But there remains a troubling question: can fiction really offer up philosophical ideas without failing as literature and missing the mark as philosophy? While allegories and analogies have a long and fruitful history of elucidating complex philosophical ideas, philosophers have taken pains to differentiate themselves from the crafter of tales. Philosophers have tended to prefer clear and sustained thinking through rational arguments over imaginative suggestion. Fiction is not philosophy. This paper will explore the different forms that narrative-as-philosophy can take and offer an assessment of the relative merits of these stories as invitations to philosophical thinking.||Recientemente a la ficción se le ha dado un papel central para envolverse con el pensamiento filosófico, especialmente dentro de un entorno educativo. Encontramos muchas configuraciones de estas intersecciones de lo narrativo, lo filosófico y precisamos hacer notar las variantes entre ellas, si examinamos críticamente la forma en la que cada una de ellas opera. Aquí cabe una pregunta inquietante: ¿puede realmente la ficción ofrecer ideas filosóficas en tanto literatura, sin ser ella misma filosofía? Mientras que las alegorías y las analogías tienen una larga y fructífera historia en elucidar complejas ideas filosóficas, los filósofos se han tomado el trabajo de diferenciarse de los creadores de historias. Los filósofos han preferido los pensamientos sustentados en argumentos racionales por encima de las sugerencias imaginativas. Ficción no es filosofía. Este trabajo explorará las distintas formas que la narrativa como filosofía puede tomar y ofrecer una evaluación de los méritos relativos de estas historias como invitación al pensamiento filosófico.
