Abstract
Art is often said to be a source of beliefs, but one may wonder whether these beliefs are true. Only when we understand how artworks assist audience members in forming beliefs can this question be answered in a satisfactory fashion. The cognitivist position adopted in this chapter is supported by appeal to the psychological literature concerned with art and belief. A successful effort to answer the question of whether artworks are a good source of true beliefs will require a careful examination and interpretation of the experimental results. This approach to the experimental literature will support the view that artworks, and in particular works of literary fiction, assist audience members in forming true beliefs.
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