How can we be moved by the fate of Anna Karenina when we know she’s not a real person?More at Futility Closet
In order to have an emotional response to a character or event, we must believe that it really exists. We know that this belief is lacking when we read a work of fiction. Yet we’re commonly moved by such works. Why?
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Paradox of Fiction
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