determinacy

To make a purely formal appeal to an absent "determinacy" is a meaningless proposition, since to talk of

The Melancholic Gift: Freedom in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy and Fiction 2008

But we do not know if determinacy is true or false, and we cannot perform any experiment to answer the question.

Bunny and a Book 2008

Determinacy warp: Where alethic quirks defy credibility, epistemic quirks defy determinacy.

Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality Hal Duncan 2009

Determinacy warp: Where alethic quirks defy credibility, epistemic quirks defy determinacy.

Archive 2009-06-01 Hal Duncan 2009

Part of what makes equilibrium warp thornier and harder to explain is that with credibility and determinacy warp you're dealing with possibility and actuality, challenges to which can be resolved by filling in gapstory, rendering the story choate.

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Warp morphing: The credibility warp of an alethic quirk may be translated to determinacy warp by interrogating the actuality of appearances.

Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality Hal Duncan 2009

Warp morphing: The credibility warp of an alethic quirk may be translated to determinacy warp by interrogating the actuality of appearances.

Archive 2009-06-01 Hal Duncan 2009

Sway: While credibility warp and determinacy warp are qualities of the narrative as read, it is a practical shorthand to talk of them as features in the text itself.

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Partial/Total: Conventionally, fantastique employs partial warp morphing, placing credibility and determinacy warps in equipoise, while mystery fiction employs total warp morphing, recasting all alethic quirks as cryptica.

Archive 2009-06-01 Hal Duncan 2009

Partial/Total: Conventionally, fantastique employs partial warp morphing, placing credibility and determinacy warps in equipoise, while mystery fiction employs total warp morphing, recasting all alethic quirks as cryptica.

Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality Hal Duncan 2009