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How granular should our explanations of fantastic fiction be?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2022

Oleg Sobchuk Open the ORCID record for Oleg Sobchuk [Opens in a new window]
Oleg Sobchuk*
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Minds and Traditions Research Group, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, 07745 Jena, Germany sobchuk@shh.mpg.de https://www.shh.mpg.de/person/98794/25522
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Abstract

Explaining the reasons behind the success of various kinds of fiction is important, but how granular should our explanations be? I suggest that using a less granular, more general hypothesis would allow avoiding some pitfalls, such as using the concept of “imaginary world,” which eludes precise definitions.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e300
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