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Fictional Worlds

Takashi Yagisawa

Year: 2009 Oxford University Press eBooks Pages: 257-283   Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract

Abstract It is argued that fictional worlds and individuals are impossible worlds and individuals. Proposals on fiction by Kripke and van Inwagen are discussed critically. Imagined-seen fictional worlds are argued to be impossible worlds.

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Psychology Art

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Topics

Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Philosophy
Contemporary Literature and Criticism
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Literature and Literary Theory

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