Issue #26

JUNE, 2019

PAST AND PRESENT

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N.N. Murzin

Candidate of Sciences (Philosophy)ⓘ; Research Fellowⓘ, Department of Philosophical Problems in Social Sciences and Humanities, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences (IPHRAS), Moscow, Russian Federation; ORCID: 0000-0002-0439-2019

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Philosophy as The Great Absent in the worlds of fantasy and science fiction: the matrix of Tolkien

Abstract: Philosophical aspect of fantasy and science fiction is rarely considered in the light of a simple fact that, as a rule, there is no philosophy within fictional worlds and no philosophers among fictional characters. If there is a thought to be found there, it’s practical and empirical — or magical and potent of causing direct changes to reality; the Truth is known, but never guessed or argued over. Why is it that way with fantasy, and does philosophy have anything to do with it — or it just stays outside?

Keywords: Murzin, philosophy, culture, world, fiction, fantasy, Tolkien.

DOI: 10.24411/2077-6608-2019-00005

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