Abstract
The contribution is a critical review of Jonathan Gilmore's "Apt Imaginings. Feelings for Fictions and Other Creatures of the Mind", that revolves around a fundamental question which haunts both the philosophical and the psychological debate about fiction, that is whether and how our psychological reactions to fictional objects differ from those elicited by real-world experiences.
The review summarizes the volume and raises three points of concern about its fundamental claims.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 199-203 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Argumenta |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2022 |
Keywords
- Imagination
- fiction
- art
- emotions
- feelings
- make-believe
- psychology
- normativity
- aesthetic experience