Graduation Year
Spring 2014
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Philosophy
Reader 1
Amy Kind
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Abstract
The common position in philosophy calls into question the ability of our emotions that derive from fictions to be genuine. In this paper I analyze this view, its motivating examples, and some unconsidered positions. In doing this I hope to offer a good defense of why our emotions that derive from fictions are in fact genuine and why the Paradox of Fiction is too broad.
Recommended Citation
Giles, Lorien, "Fictional Emotions: Genuineness of Emotions in Fictions" (2014). CMC Senior Theses. 825.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/825
