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The Possibility of Empty Fictions.

Authors :
WILDMAN, NATHAN
Source :
Journal of Aesthetics & Art Criticism. Winter2019, Vol. 77 Issue 1, p35-42. 8p.
Publication Year :
2019

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