TY - JOUR
T1 - Retroactive Continuity and Fictional Facts
AU - Lee, Jeonggyu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024/10/1
Y1 - 2024/10/1
N2 - This paper deals with the phenomenon of retroactive continuity, or retcon for short, in which the truth-value of a proposition in an established fictional work is changed later. The primary aim of this paper is to provide the most compelling explanation for retroactive continuity. I first defend the metaphysical view about fiction, according to which when retconning occurs, a fictional work changes its property of containing a proposition while preserving its identity. I then argue that this view is theoretically preferable to all other competing approaches.
AB - This paper deals with the phenomenon of retroactive continuity, or retcon for short, in which the truth-value of a proposition in an established fictional work is changed later. The primary aim of this paper is to provide the most compelling explanation for retroactive continuity. I first defend the metaphysical view about fiction, according to which when retconning occurs, a fictional work changes its property of containing a proposition while preserving its identity. I then argue that this view is theoretically preferable to all other competing approaches.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85208239917
U2 - 10.1093/aesthj/ayae036
DO - 10.1093/aesthj/ayae036
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85208239917
SN - 0007-0904
VL - 64
SP - 669
EP - 686
JO - British Journal of Aesthetics
JF - British Journal of Aesthetics
IS - 4
ER -