Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy

Midwest Studies in Philosophy 39 (1):46-57 (2015)
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Abstract

This paper argues: (1) All knowledge from fiction is from imagination (2) All knowledge from imagination is modal knowledge (3) So, all knowledge from fiction is modal knowledge Moreover, some knowledge is from fiction, so (1)-(3) are non-vacuously true.

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Ben Blumson
National University of Singapore

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