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Chapter 3 - Fictional Worlds

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Manuel García-Carpintero
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Universitat de Barcelona
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In this chapter, I contrast the account of fictionality presented in the previous chapter with Walton’s, whose work was decisive in shaping it. In recent work, he gives up his account of the fictionality of p in a fictional work in terms of prescriptions to imagine emanating from it. He offers examples that allegedly show that a prescription to imagine p in a given work of fiction is not sufficient for the fictionality of p in that work. Both in support and in further elaboration of the constitutive-norms speech-act variation on Walton’s account that was presented in the previous chapter, I critically discuss his objections here. In addition to answering his concerns and developing the account further, this chapter provides additional abductive support for its explanatory virtues vis-à-vis both Walton’s account and Gricean speech-act proposals.

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Truth and Reference in the Making of Fiction
A View on Fictionality
, pp. 55 - 74
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2026

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  • Fictional Worlds
  • Manuel García-Carpintero, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Book: Truth and Reference in the Making of Fiction
  • Online publication: 18 December 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298490.004
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  • Fictional Worlds
  • Manuel García-Carpintero, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Book: Truth and Reference in the Making of Fiction
  • Online publication: 18 December 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298490.004
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  • Fictional Worlds
  • Manuel García-Carpintero, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Book: Truth and Reference in the Making of Fiction
  • Online publication: 18 December 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009298490.004
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