Fictions

by Markus Gabriel

From ancient philosophy to contemporary theories of fiction, it is a common practice to relegate illusory appearances to the realm of the non-existent, like shadows on the wall of Plato's cave. Contrary to this traditional mode of drawing a metaphysical distinction between reality and fiction, Markus Gabriel argues that the realm of the illusory, fictional, imaginary and conceptually indeterminate is as real as it gets.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509546618
• ISBN13: 9781509546619
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"