How are fictions given? Conjoining the 'artifactual theory' and the 'imaginary-object theory'.
According to the so-called 'artifactual theory' of fiction, fictional objects are to be considered as abstract artifacts. Within this framework, fictional objects are defined on the basis of their complex dependence on literary works, authors, and readership. This theory is explicitly distinguished...
| Published in: | Synthese Vol. 199; no. 5/6; pp. 13749 - 13770 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2021
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