Language and fiction
One of the easiest things we do with words is to tell stories and invent fictions. From the earliest of ages we accede effortlessly to fictional worlds. And yet, at least since Plato, philosophy has found the fictional one of the most difficult of topics, posing logical, moral, and metaphysical problems. The aim of this talk, reflecting on our experience of fiction, is to try to show why it is so strange and why some of philosophy’s attempts to mitigate that strangeness are bound to fail.
This is an open public lecture and everyone is welcome to attend, but please book your place as numbers are limited.
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