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paradox of fiction
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虚構に対する逆説：人は実際に存在すると信じる対象に対してのみ感情が動かされるはずなのに、虚構の出来事にも感情的反応を示すという矛盾。 / 虚構に関する哲学的パラドックス：虚構であると認識しながらも、感情的な動揺を覚えるという、存在と認知との関係における論理的なジレンマ。 / フィクションの逆説：虚構と知りながらも、感情的な影響を受けるという現象に内在する、理論上の矛盾点を指す。
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(philosophy) The paradox that (i) people have emotional responses to fictitious events, and (ii) one must believe that something truly exists in order to be emotionally moved by it, but (iii) nobody who considers an event to be fictitious can also believe it to be real.
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paradox of fiction
Philosophers often debate the paradox of fiction because it forces us to ask why we can feel genuine emotions toward events we know are fabricated.
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Philosophers often debate the paradox of fiction because it forces us to ask why we can feel genuine emotions toward events we know are fabricated.
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