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Can fictionalists have a genuine emotional response to religious discourse?

Eastwood, Jessica

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The purpose of this article is to suggest that the fictionalist’s emo-tions toward religious discourse could be better supported than the current literature allows. By ‘fictionalist’ I mean those of whom interpret religious discourse as useful fiction. The threefold struc-ture of the article will argue that: (1) the concept of aliefs has been falsely equated with the concept of imagining, (2) the fictionalist ought to adopt a hybrid theory of emotions rather than a cognitive appraisal and, (3) if (1) and (2) are accepted, then key issues con-cerning the genuineness and appropriateness of emotions toward fictional entities can be overcome. I will conclude that something significant is at stake here, and that is whether or not the fictional-ist’s emotions are deemed ‘real’ or not. Thus, to provide the best defence of the fictionalist’s emotions is to: (A) separate that which has been lumped together, that is: quasi emotions and alief-evoked emotions (B) argue for the hybrid account of emotions and, (C) defend the genuine and appropriate nature of fictional emotions.

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Eastwood, J. (2023). Can fictionalists have a genuine emotional response to religious discourse?. International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 83(5), 339-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/21692327.2022.2137561

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 14, 2022
Online Publication Date Mar 12, 2023
Publication Date 2023
Deposit Date Apr 17, 2023
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal International Journal of Philosophy and Theology
Print ISSN 2169-2327
Electronic ISSN 2169-2335
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 83
Issue 5
Pages 339-350
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/21692327.2022.2137561

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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any med-ium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.




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