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Ficta and virtuality

an Ingardenian ontology of virtualized ficta

Hicham Jakha(Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II)

pp. 199-212

Abstract

In my paper, I establish an Ingardenian phenomenological ontology of "virtualized ficta", i.e., fictional entities introduced to virtual gaming. The first Section of my paper provides an ontology of virtualized ficta, focusing primarily on their ‘‘existential moments’’. But in order to have a firm grasp of the ontological aspects grounding the virtual work, it’s important to engage its strata. This is what I attempt to do in Section 1.2. Virtualized ficta’s intentional dependencies are strongly manifest in what I call the ‘‘strata of the virtual work’’. That is, I repurpose Ingarden’s strata of the literary work, the picture, and the film to showcase that virtualized ficta, from the bottom up (i.e., from their pure ontology to aesthetics) are purely intentional entities. In short, I argue for a purely intentional account of virtualized ficta as ficta-made-virtualia, whose ontological status is determined by the creative acts of game developers and gamers.

Publication details

Published in:

(2024) Rivista di estetica 85 (1).

Pages: 199-212

ISBN (hardback): 00356212

Full citation:

Jakha Hicham (2024) „Ficta and virtuality: an Ingardenian ontology of virtualized ficta“. Rivista di estetica 85 (1), 199–212.