Fiction, Legends, and the Logic of Truth: Why Probability and Emotion Can't Tell You What Genre You're Reading
Fiction, Legends, and the Logic of Truth: Why "Did It Really Happen?" Is More Complicated Than You Think Fiction, Legends, and the Logic of Truth A reader's guide to truth claims, evidence, and the stories we tell We've all been there. You finish a gripping novel "based on true events," and a small voice asks: Did that actually happen? Or you hear a local legend about a haunted bridge and wonder: Is there any truth to it? And then, somewhere in the back of your mind, a philosophy lecture echoes: What's the difference between fiction and nonfiction, anyway? These questions seem simple, but they lead into a tangle of storytelling conventions, logic, and evidence. They also lead into something equally important: the relationship between logic and emotion—two tools we all use to make sen...