Imaginability, Morality, and Fictional Truth: Dissolving the Puzzle of 'Imaginative Resistance'

This paper argues that there is no genuine puzzle of 'imaginative resistance'. In part 1 of the paper I argue that the imaginability of fictional propositions is relative to a range of different factors including the 'thickness' of certain concepts, and certain pre-theoretical an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition. - Springer. - 143(2009), 2, Seite 187-211
1. Verfasser: Todd, Cain Samuel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Philosophical Studies: An International Journal for Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition
Schlagworte:Imagination Aesthetics Fiction Fictional truth Imaginative resistance Moral Judgement Conceptual impossibility Interpretation