paradox of fiction (English, noun)
expansion: paradox of fiction (plural paradoxes of fiction)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The paradox that (i) people have emotional responses to fictitious events, and (ii) one must believe that something truly exists in order to be emotionally moved by it, but (iii) nobody who considers an event to be fictitious can also believe it to be real.
Forms:
form: paradoxes of fiction
tags: plural