PHL 710 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Kendall Walton
6 May 2019
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Definite barrier against physical interactions between fictional world and the real world. Real people can have psychological attitudes toward fictional entities despite physical interactions/intervention. We become emotionally involved when reading novels or watching plays or movies. Confusing to say that this involvement consists of our having psychological attitudes toward fictional entities. Physical interaction relies on what actually exists - but nonexistence does not stop us from feeling something. Fearing a nonexistent thing is believing that there is (or might be) something. Watching a scary movie - our muscles tense up, we grab our chairs, pulses quickens, etc. Psychological and physiological state we can call quasi-fear . This state is different from someone with an ordinary case of fear. Knowing that we are watching a fictional movie is enough reason to deny that what we feel is fear. Fear must be accompanied by a belief that one is in danger.
