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artifactualism about fictional characters: a standalone construct

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Aesthetics

the view that fictional characters are real abstract artifacts created by authors and sustained by literary works.

In aesthetics, artifactualism about fictional characters refers to the view that fictional characters are real abstract artifacts created by authors and sustained by literary works. This meaning comes from Thomasson (1998) in Fiction and Metaphysics.[1]

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Thomasson, A. L. (1998). Fiction and Metaphysics. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511527463

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