Tsinghua University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 2024
  • Fiction: A Philosophical Analysis
    Catharine Abell
    Oxford University Press. 2020.
    The aim of this book is to provide a unified solution to a wide range of philosophical problems raised by fiction. While some of these problems have been the focus of extensive philosophical debate, others have received insufficient attention. In particular, the epistemology of fiction has not yet attracted the philosophical scrutiny it warrants. There has been considerable discussion of what determines the contents of works of fiction, but there have been few attempts to explain how audiences i…Read more