{"id":8939,"date":"2026-02-13T11:15:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/philosophy\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=8939"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:03:07","slug":"philosophy-colloquium-hannah-kim","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/philosophy\/event\/philosophy-colloquium-hannah-kim\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophy Colloquium: Hannah Kim"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b data-ogsc=\"\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Nonfiction Is Not (Just) to Be Believed<\/b><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Philosophers of fiction routinely rely on an unexamined contrast class: nonfiction. The dominant assumption is that nonfiction is discourse meant to be believed (while fiction is discourse meant to be imagined or make-believed). This paper argues that this assumption about nonfiction is unsatisfying. Focusing on memoir and art criticism, I show that central nonfiction genres are not governed primarily by norms of belief. If nonfiction is not unified by an expectation or invitation to believe, then the make-believe\/belief contrast cannot mark the boundary between fiction and nonfiction. We therefore need a more nuanced account of what, if anything, unifies nonfiction, if only to provide a more stable foundation for theorizing about fiction.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">April 10, Brin Talk, Hannah Kim, University of Arizona.<br \/>\nLocation: CRT 175<br \/>\nTalk starts at 3:30 PM<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nonfiction Is Not (Just) to Be Believed Philosophers of fiction routinely rely on an unexamined contrast class: nonfiction. 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