PHIL 200 : Truth In Fiction
13 Dec 2013
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When we add prefixes to statements about fiction, it automatically becomes true in term of what is true in the fictional world (i. e. we can apply coherence/correspondence or other methods of justifying truth to justify the statement about fiction). Not all sentences about fiction or involving fictional characters can be prefixed that way (i. e. according to such and such fiction by such and such author ) Premise1: sherlock holmes lives at 221b baker street. This logic will not work because we are using two premises from contradicting worlds. Either one or the entire premise must be prefixed so that logic follows. We presumably assume things which are implicitly indicated in fiction. Batman needs to go to the bathroom sometimes; laws of gravity apply in the superman stories. Background is just what would have been true, according to a community"s overt beliefs, had the fiction been told as a known fact instead.
