Truth in Fiction, Impossible Worlds, and Belief Revision
Australasian Journal of Philosophy 97 (1):178-193 (2018)
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Franz Berto
University of St. Andrews
Christopher Badura
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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We present a theory of truth in fiction that improves on Lewis's [1978] ‘Analysis 2’ in two ways. First, we expand Lewis's possible worlds apparatus by adding non-normal or impossible worlds. Second, we model truth in fiction as belief revision via ideas from dynamic epistemic logic. We explain the major objections raised against Lewis's original view and show that our theory overcomes them.
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| Keywords | Truth in Fiction Impossible Worlds Inconsistent Fiction Belief Revision Sylvan's Box |
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| Reprint years | 2018, 2019 |
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| DOI | 10.1080/00048402.2018.1435698 |
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Dynamic Logic for Belief Revision.Johan van Benthem - 2007 - Journal of Applied Non-Classical Logics 17 (2):129-155.
Impossible Worlds: A Modest Approach.Daniel Nolan - 1997 - Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 38 (4):535-572.
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