»Fact« is one of the most crucial inventions of modern times. Susanne Knaller discusses the
functions of this powerful notion in the arts and the sciences its impact on aesthetic models
and systems of knowledge. The practice of writing provides an effective procedure to realize
and to understand facts. This concerns preparatory procedures formal choices models of
argumentation and narrative patterns. By considering »writing facts« and »writing facts« the
volume shows why and how »facts« are a result of knowledge rules and norms as well as of
description argumentation and narration. This approach allows new perspectives on »fact« and
its impact on modernity.
