How We Feel About Terrible, Non-existent Mafiosi

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 84 (2):277-306 (2012)
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We argue for an imaginative analog of desire from premises about imaginative engagement with fiction. There's a bit about the paradox of fiction, too.

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original Tyler Doggett, Andy Egan (2012) "How We Feel About Terrible, Non‐existent Mafiosi". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 84(2):277-306

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Tyler Doggett
University of Vermont
Andy Egan
Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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