{"product_id":"intentionality-and-the-paradox-of-fiction","title":"Intentionality and the Paradox of Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eInstead of treating the paradox of fiction as a problem to be solved, we can use it as a tool for analyzing the underlying concepts. Intentionality ? the ›aboutness‹ or ›directedness‹ of our mental states ? lies at the core of the paradox. Our emotional responses are usually formulated as directed toward the fictional characters and situations in a story: we feel pity for Anna Karenina and we are afraid of Nosferatu. Iulia Nistor shows how the paradox invites us, on the one hand to ask whether there is a difference between the intentionality of thought and that of emotion, and on the other hand whether intentionality differs when directed toward factual or fictional states of affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57509996233077,"sku":"9783837682380","price":54.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/intentionality-and-the-paradox-of-fiction","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}