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The Possibility of Empty Fictions.
- Source :
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Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism . Winter2019, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p35-42. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- An empty fiction is a fiction with no content—that is, a fiction in which no propositions are (fictionally) true. The central question of this article is, are such fictions possible? Here, I argue that they are. More specifically, after first examining and rejecting five potential arguments for the possibility of empty fictions, I go on to develop a more successful argument. Along the way, I introduce a new method for producing fictions via complementation functions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218529
- Volume :
- 77
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 134665824
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jaac.12620