Preface Introduction 1 Ricoeur's Idea of Reference as Refiguration: the Non-Descriptive Reference of Literary Work 1 Introduction 2 Ricoeur's Idea of Reference as Refiguration 3 Ricoeur's Conception of Threefold Mimesis 4 The Concept of Null-Reference 5 Conclusion2 The Truth as Non-Reference: the Realist and Anti-Realist Conception of Reference 1 Introduction 2 Reference as Refiguration in Science 3 The Success of Non-Referring Concepts: a Hermeneutic Aspect of Reference 4 Conclusion3 Ricoeur's Concept of Reference Applied to Theories of Scientific Realism and to Historical Texts: Real versus Unreal 1Introduction 2The Question of Truth in the Theories of Scientific Realism and in the Historical and Fictional Narratives 3Realism and the Realm of Possibility 4Conclusion 4 The Universality of Hermeneutic and Narrative Experience: Ricoeur's Narrative Theory Applied to Science 1 Introduction 2 Explanation and Understanding in the History of Science and Philosophy 3 Binary Oppositions in Science 4 Ricoeur's Dialectics between Explanation and Understanding 5 Ricoeur's Narrative Theory Applied to Science 6 Narrative Understanding: Mediating between Fictional and Historical Texts 7 Conclusion5 Ricoeur's Idea of Metamorphoses of Narrative Plots 1 Introduction 2 Ricoeur's Idea of Narrative Paradigm: A Question about the Limits of Plot 3 Transhistorical Schematism of Narration 4 Conclusion6 The Idea of Truth as Non-Reference in Literature 1 Introduction 2 Art as the Personal Truth of the Author in Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita 3 Artistic and Religious Conception of Truth 4 The Idea of Truth as Non-Reference in Borges' "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" 5 Conclusion References Name Index Subject Index.