Truth in Fiction,Impossible Worlds,and Belief Revision |
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| Authors: | Christopher Badura Francesco Berto |
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| Affiliation: | 1. RUB Research School &2. Department of Philosophy II, Ruhr-University Bochum;3. Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam |
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| Abstract: | We present a theory of truth in fiction that improves on Lewis's [1978] ‘Analysis 2’ in two ways. First, we expand Lewis's possible worlds apparatus by adding non-normal or impossible worlds. Second, we model truth in fiction as (make-believed) belief revision via ideas from dynamic epistemic logic. We explain the major objections raised against Lewis's original view and show that our theory overcomes them. |
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| Keywords: | truth in fiction impossible worlds inconsistent fiction Sylvan's box, belief revision |
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