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Fiction and Emotion analyses microscopic procedure principles biology chemistry physics end product sample analyte immunoassay molecular diagnosis DNA sequencing flow cytometrybr Georges PerecWhy do people respond emotionally to fiction when they know that it is only make believe? This question which is fundamental to aesthetics and literary studies, is here tackled from a new perspective. The author first discusses the various answers that have been offered by philosophers form Aristotle to Roger Scruton. He shows that while some philosophers have denied any rational basis to our emotional responses to fiction, others have argued that the