Brett asked on Friday, in reference to Walton, whether, according to him, fiction was the game played or the product of playing the game. I wanted to offer my opinion on this interesting question. However, as a preface, I would like to assert the obscurity of Walton's prose as the genesis of any and all confusion herein.
The game itself, whether or not the game is actually fiction, occurs when someone engages with a prop. Walton is atypically explicit in that the prop is not the work of fiction. I am tempted to claim that fiction is an entity which is the product of engaging with a prop that incites the imagination. Again, this is not my definition of fiction; I think that Walton, and the others, over complicate the issue. Within the confines of Walton's theory it seems more likely that fiction is the product and not the game.
Question: Is there a significant, in any way, metaphysical difference between ghe two aforementioned options?
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