Midwest Studies in Philosophy 39 (1):46-57 (2015)
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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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| Keywords | Fiction Imagination Conceivability Possibility |
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| DOI | 10.1111/misp.12036 |
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