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 will take place on Monday, 11 November 2024, 9.30am–5pm (CET).
Programme:
9.30: Manuel García-Carpintero, “On the Mood for Fiction”
10.45: Samuel Lebens, “Stories, Worlds, Centers, and Contradictions”
12.00: Merel Semeijn, “Ho Ho Hoaxing! What Santa Can Teach Us About Fiction”
14.45: Eileen John, “Fiction, Humour and Understanding the Atypical”
16.00: Neri Marsili, “The Cooperative Principle in Fiction: Quality and Beyond”
All are welcome. For abstracts, accessibility information and to participate, please see/register here.
Organisers:
Filippo Contesi & Elisa Paganini
The Workshop is hosted by the Dipartimento di Filosofia “Piero Martinetti”, Università degli Studi di Milano, and generously supported by the Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (PRIN2022 – 2022NTCHYF_003).