Fictional assent and the (so-called) 'puzzle of imaginative resistance'

Matravers, Derek (2003). Fictional assent and the (so-called) 'puzzle of imaginative resistance'. In: Kieran, Matthew and Lopes, Dominic McIver eds. Imagination, philosophy and the arts. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 91–106.

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Abstract

This article criticises existing solutions to the 'puzzle of imaginative resistance', reconstrues it, and offers a solution of its own.
About the Book : Imagination, Philosophy and the Arts is the first comprehensive collection of papers by philosophers examining the nature of imagination and its role in understanding and making art.
Imagination is a central concept in aesthetics with close ties to issues in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of language, yet it has not received the kind of sustained, critical attention it deserves. This collection of seventeen brand new essays critically examines just how and in what form the notion of imagination illuminates fundamental problems in the philosophy of art.

Item Type:	Book Section
ISBN:	0-415-30516-0, 978-0-415-30516-7
Keywords:	imagination; fiction; Walton
Academic Unit/School:	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Politics, Philosophy, Economics, Development, Geography > Philosophy Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Politics, Philosophy, Economics, Development, Geography Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Item ID:	3781
Depositing User:	Derek Matravers
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2006
Last Modified:	02 May 2018 12:35
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/3781
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