An isolated individual with genuine supernatural experiences uses science fiction novels as a framework for understanding and coping with a reality that no one else can perceive, testing whether fiction can serve as a valid epistemological tool.
Relevant to bibliotherapy, the role of genre fiction in processing trauma, and whether speculative narratives provide genuine frameworks for understanding anomalous experiences.
Domains: Ethics and Philosophy of TechnologyCommunication and Information Technology
Scenario Types: Thought experiment / What-if
Outcomes: AspirationalAmbiguous / Mixed
Tags: bibliotherapyfiction-as-frameworksupernatural-copinggenre-fiction