The possibility of empty fictions

Nathan Wildman

doi:10.1111/jaac.12620

The possibility of empty fictions

Nathan Wildman

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Abstract

An empty fiction is a fiction with no content-that is, a fiction in which no propositions are (fictionally) true. The central question of this article is, are such fictions possible? Here, I argue that they are. More specifically, after first examining and rejecting five potential arguments for the possibility of empty fictions, I go on to develop a more successful argument. Along the way, I introduce a new method for producing fictions via complementation functions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35-42
Number of pages	8
Journal	The journal of aesthetics and art criticism
Volume	77
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jaac.12620
Publication status	Published - Dec 2019

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