KUNEŠOVÁ, Tereza. Paradox of Fiction : What does it mean to be moved by the fictional character? In SOPhiA 2015, Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy, 2.-4. 9. 2015, Salzburg, Austria. 2015.
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Original name Paradox of Fiction : What does it mean to be moved by the fictional character?
Name in Czech Paradox fikce : co znamená být dojat fikční postavou?
Authors KUNEŠOVÁ, Tereza (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition SOPhiA 2015, Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy, 2.-4. 9. 2015, Salzburg, Austria, 2015.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Country of publisher Austria
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/15:00083716
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech) Paradox fikce; teorie předstírání; Kendall Walton; Peter Lamarque; Noël Carroll; teorie iluze; Colin Radford; teorie myšlenky; kvazi-emoce; předstírání
Keywords in English Paradox of Fiction; Pretend Theory; Kendall Walton; Peter Lamarque; Noël Carroll; Theory of Illusion; Colin Radford; Theory of Thoughts; quazi-emotions; make-believe
Tags mzok, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Marie Skřivanová, učo 262124. Changed: 25/2/2016 10:00.
Abstract
Analytic philosophers have given a great deal of attention to problems related to fictionality. This contribution deals with the so-called Paradox of emotional response to fiction or simply Paradox of fiction. The paradox is based on three intuitively plausible propositions: 1. Readers or audiences often experience emotional response towards objects they know to be fictional. 2. A necessary condition for experiencing emotions is that those experiencing them believe the objects of their emotions exist. 3. Readers or audience who know that the objects are fictional do not believe that these objects exist. As these three propositions are mutually inconsistent at least one must be false. Many philosophers have tried for forty years to find out a solution in order to understand why and how this paradox happens -- how is it that we can be moved by what we know does not exist? This contribution will explore and analyse the most important solutions of this paradox. It will be shown that none of the responses given during last 40 years is unproblematic and that many objections can be raised towards those responses.
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MUNI/A/1153/2014, interní kód MUName: Soudobé problémy a minulé podoby filozofické diskuse
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
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