How We Feel About Terrible, Non-existent Mafiosi

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 84 (2):277-306 (2011)
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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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Tyler Doggett
University of Vermont
Andy Egan
Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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The Possibility of Practical Reason.David Velleman - 2000 - New York: Oxford University Press. Edited by J. David Velleman.
Alief and Belief.Tamar Gendler - 2008 - Journal of Philosophy 105 (10):634-663.

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