Paradox of Fiction : What does it mean to be moved by the
fictional character?

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Paradox of Fiction : What does it mean to be moved by the fictional character?

KUNEŠOVÁ, Tereza

Basic information

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

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Country of publisher

Austria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

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

Abstract

V originále

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.

Links

MUNI/A/1153/2014, interní kód MU

Name: Soudobé problémy a minulé podoby filozofické diskuse

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

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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KUNEŠOVÁ, Tereza. Paradox of Fiction : What does it mean to be moved by the fictional character? In \textit{SOPhiA 2015, Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy, 2.-4. 9. 2015, Salzburg, Austria}. 2015.

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