These include fictional characters—individuals who make their first appearance in a work of fiction and are in one way or another meant to engage the interest 

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Many works of fiction address themselves directly to metaphysiced issues. One thinks of the stories of Olaf Stapledon, Charles Williams, or Jorge Luis Borges. Other fiction is more subtly and indirectly related to metaphysics — A la recherche du temps perdu, for exeimple, or, in a radier different way, some science fiction. The relations that various novels and stories bear to the questions

Argues that fiction has far-reaching implications for central problems of metaphysics. Develops an 'artifactual' theory of fiction, whereby fictional 

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The book develops an "artifactual" theory of fiction, whereby fic- tional characters are abstract artifacts as ordinary as laws or symphonies or works of 

Though Stevenson dismissed cases of hypnotic regression as too vague to be verifiable, he believed that the 2,500-plus children he'd studied who typically began speaking about a past life between the ages of two and four did present credible evidence for reincarnation. The specifics these kids recalled—documented by Stevenson and his team

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This challenging study places fiction squarely at the center of the discussion of metaphysics. Philosophers have traditionally treated 

Conference: 15th September at Birkbeck School of Arts. Deadline for Abstracts: 1st May 2018. Many SF critics have understood science fiction to be specifically guided by a rational empiricist epistemology, and have thus disregarded the important presence of magical, religious, spiritual and metaphysical phenomena in science fiction.

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J. - 1979 - Review of Metaphysics 33 (1):212-212. The Dangers of da Vinci, or the Power of Popular Fiction. Sarah E. Worth - 2007 - Philosophy in the Contemporary World 14 (1):134-143.

By contrast Amie Thomasson argues that fiction has far-reaching implications for central problems of metaphysics. The book develops an "artifactual" theory of fiction, whereby fictional characters are abstract artifacts as ordinary as laws or symphonies or works of literature.