Call for Abstracts – ASIFF/SIRFF Fourth International Congress: Fiction and Lies The Association for Studies in Fiction and Fictionality / Société Internationale des Recherches sur la Fiction et la Fictionnalité invites submissions on the theme of Fiction and Lies, for the ASIFF/SIRFF Fourth International Congress. 10-12 June … Read More
Registrations are invited for an International Workshop on “The Foundations of Fiction”, which will be held in person at the University of Milan (Sala 113, via Festa del Perdono, 7, 20122, Milan, Italy), as well as be accessible online. The event … Read More
Queen Mary University of London, November 15-16, 2019 Website available here. The project has received funding from the British Society for Aesthetics. Confirmed keynotes: Professor Brian Winston, Lincoln Chair, Lincoln School of Film and Media, University of Lincoln. Dr Stacie Friend, … Read More
II Blasco Disputatio: Singular Terms in Fiction (Valencia, 19-20 October, 2017) Final Call for papers [Deadline 16 June] BLASCO DISPUTATIO is a yearly workshop designed to promote the discussion on topics in epistemology, metaphysics, the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of … Read More
In ordinary critical practice, we take for granted that we can learn from fictions (literary or visual), i.e., that we can acquire new warranted beliefs on that basis. We similarly assume that we can acquire experiential knowledge – knowledge of … Read More