par Goltzberg, Stefan 
Référence Faith and philosophy, 31, 3, page (325-336)
Publication Publié, 2014-07
Référence Faith and philosophy, 31, 3, page (325-336)
Publication Publié, 2014-07
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | The aim of this paper is to show that the supposed close connection between fiction and false discourse is in fact not strong at all. In wondering whether the Bible is fiction, people quite often tend to think that if you say it is fiction, you imply it is false. In order to argue for our conclusion, Freud's notion of illusion is analyzed, as well as work by Spinoza and Searle. From the latter, the pragmatic perspective of fiction is borrowed: contrary to the semantic perspective, the pragmatic perspective is independent of the semantic notions of truth and falsity. With the aid of this perspective, the connection between being fiction and falsity is called into question. |
