Solo lacrime di coccodrillo per la morte di Han Solo? Vere emozioni per oggetti di finzione
In this paper I aim to show that real emotions can be caused by fictional objects, offering a solution to the so-called “paradox of fiction”. My argument focuses on a critique of the fictionalist solution to Kendall Walton’s “make-believe” problem. In my opinion, we should reject the validity of the...
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| description | In this paper I aim to show that real emotions can be caused by fictional objects, offering a solution to the so-called “paradox of fiction”. My argument focuses on a critique of the fictionalist solution to Kendall Walton’s “make-believe” problem. In my opinion, we should reject the validity of the distinction between emotions and “quasi-emotions” and admit that a fictional object can elicit emotional reactions, even if the observer is not present in the scene and is aware that the object eliciting his emotional response is non-existent. Furthermore, I will try to show how pornographic production can serve as a prototypical case to challenge Walton’s arguments. In my opinion the proposed approach could offer a solution to the “paradox of fiction”: a solution based on ontological object theory and further supported by neuroscientific evidence (the neural circuitry of the “as-if body loop”, “Embodied Simulation” theory, and the so-called “bodily and emotional empathy” implemented by “neural mirroring mechanisms”). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5dfbec88713947b3a1fbb96a88cd68922022-12-22T03:23:12ZdeuMimesis Edizioni, MilanoRivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia2039-46672239-26292017-04-0181617910.4453/rifp.2017.0005Solo lacrime di coccodrillo per la morte di Han Solo? Vere emozioni per oggetti di finzioneOscar Salvatore ScarpelloIn this paper I aim to show that real emotions can be caused by fictional objects, offering a solution to the so-called “paradox of fiction”. My argument focuses on a critique of the fictionalist solution to Kendall Walton’s “make-believe” problem. In my opinion, we should reject the validity of the distinction between emotions and “quasi-emotions” and admit that a fictional object can elicit emotional reactions, even if the observer is not present in the scene and is aware that the object eliciting his emotional response is non-existent. Furthermore, I will try to show how pornographic production can serve as a prototypical case to challenge Walton’s arguments. In my opinion the proposed approach could offer a solution to the “paradox of fiction”: a solution based on ontological object theory and further supported by neuroscientific evidence (the neural circuitry of the “as-if body loop”, “Embodied Simulation” theory, and the so-called “bodily and emotional empathy” implemented by “neural mirroring mechanisms”).http://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2017.0005/746Paradox of FictionKendall WaltonOntological Object TheoryEmpathyNeural Mirroring Mechanisms |
| spellingShingle | Oscar Salvatore Scarpello Solo lacrime di coccodrillo per la morte di Han Solo? Vere emozioni per oggetti di finzione Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia Paradox of Fiction Kendall Walton Ontological Object Theory Empathy Neural Mirroring Mechanisms |
| title | Solo lacrime di coccodrillo per la morte di Han Solo? Vere emozioni per oggetti di finzione |
| title_full | Solo lacrime di coccodrillo per la morte di Han Solo? Vere emozioni per oggetti di finzione |
| title_fullStr | Solo lacrime di coccodrillo per la morte di Han Solo? Vere emozioni per oggetti di finzione |
| title_full_unstemmed | Solo lacrime di coccodrillo per la morte di Han Solo? Vere emozioni per oggetti di finzione |
| title_short | Solo lacrime di coccodrillo per la morte di Han Solo? Vere emozioni per oggetti di finzione |
| title_sort | solo lacrime di coccodrillo per la morte di han solo vere emozioni per oggetti di finzione |
| topic | Paradox of Fiction Kendall Walton Ontological Object Theory Empathy Neural Mirroring Mechanisms |
| url | http://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2017.0005/746 |
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