TY  - JOUR
A1  - Summa, Michela
T1  - How are fictions given? Conjoining the ‘artifactual theory’ and the ‘imaginary-object theory’
JF  - Synthese
N2  - According to the so-called ‘artifactual theory’ of fiction, fictional objects are to be considered as abstract artifacts. Within this framework, fictional objects are defined on the basis of their complex dependence on literary works, authors, and readership. This theory is explicitly distinguished from other approaches to fictions, notably from the imaginary-object theory. In this article, I argue that the two approaches are not mutually exclusive but can and should be integrated. In particular, the ontology of fiction can be fruitfully supplemented by a phenomenological analysis, which allows us to clarify the defining modes of givenness of fictional objects. Likewise, based on the results of the artifactual theory, some assumptions in the imaginary-object theory, which are liable to be interpreted as laying the ground to phenomenalism, can be corrected.
KW  - phenomenology
KW  - fiction
KW  - ontology
KW  - givenness
KW  - constitution
KW  - imagination
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-269845
SN  - 1573-0964
VL  - 199
IS  - 5-6
ER  -