Pararealities: The Nature of Our Fictions and How We Know Them

by Floyd Merrell

The objective of this study is to inquire, from a broad epistemological view, into the underlying nature of fictions, and above all, to discover how it is possible to create and process them. In Chapter One, I put forth four "postulates" in the form of though experiments. in Chapter Two I turn attention to make-believe, imaginary, and dream worlds, and how they can be conceived and perceived only with respect to the/a "real world." Chapter Three includes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 902721722X
• ISBN13: 9789027217226
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 170 Pages