The (In)Definition of Reality: Reframing and Contested Topsight

Perhaps reality as such cannot be represented, or defined. It has to be defined with respect to a specific activity, and it has to be represented from a given perspective, a selective one. In this attempt at a definition of reality as "what happens between the lines" I am proposing a perspective by emphasizing what happens between the lines — instead of emphasizing, for instance, the lines themselves. The lines might stand for "what is" obviously there, reality as presupposed or unproblematic, reality as something shared by its inhabitants. But an interactional perspective on reality must go beyond that portion of reality or that interactional activity which is shared (or is "true") for all interactants, in order to give a fuller portrait of those aspects of reality which are not shared, which may be false or nonexistent to some of the participants, or which may be perceived only by some of them. This perspective on reality requires the use of narratological concepts, such as retrospection or the notion of topsight.

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Reframing and Contested Topsight

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_____. "The (In)Definition of Reality: Reframing and Contested Topsight." Online at Wixstatic.com.*

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         Metaphysics eJournal 9.11 (19 April 2016).*

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         Online 13 April 2016.*

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_____. "The (In)Definition of Reality: Reframing and Contested Topsight." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 27 April 2016.*

         http://vanityfea.blogspot.com.es/2016/04/the-indefinition-of-reality-reframing.html

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_____. "The (In)Definition of Reality: Reframing and Contested Topsight." Academia 9 April 2017.*

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_____. ""The (In)Definition of Reality: Reframing and Contested Topsight." ResearchGate 10 April 2017.*

         https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315840394

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_____. "The (In)Definition of Reality: Reframing and Contested Topsight." Net Sight de José Angel García Landa 21 Dec. 2022.*

         https://personal.unizar.es/garciala/publicaciones/In-definition.pdf

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A couple of preliminary versions:

_____. "(In)definición de la realidad." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 31 Dec. 2015.*

         http://vanityfea.blogspot.com.es/2015/12/indefinicion-de-la-realidad.html

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_____. "(In)definición de la realidad." Ibercampus (Vanity Fea) 31 Dec. 2015.*

         http://www.ibercampus.es/indefinicion-de-la-realidad-31962.htm

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There's also a Russian translation by Larissa Muravieva originally published in OpenNarratology at Nizhni-Novgorod—and which did rather well on SSRN. Links here:

José Angel García Landa. (Хосе Анхел Гарсиа Ланда). "(Не)определение реальности: изменение рамок восприятия и спор за контролирующую перспективу." [The (In)definition of Reality: Reframing and Contested Topsight]. Trans. Larissa Muravieva. OpeNarratology 16 Marzo 2016.*

https://www.opennar.com/singlepost/2016/03/16/Неопределение-реальности-изменение-рамок-восприятия-и-спор-за-контролирующую-перспективу

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2016 DISCONTINUED 2020 – Snapshot at VK and Vanity Fea.*

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2021

https://vanityfea.blogspot.com/2023/12/blog-post_20.html

2023

Net Sight de José Angel García Landa 20 Jan. 2025.*

https://personal.unizar.es/garciala/publicaciones/openarratology.pdf

2025

_____. "(Не)определение реальности: изменение рамок восприятия и спор за контролирующую перспективу (The (In)Definition of Reality: Reframing and Contested Topsight)." Trad. Larissa Muravieva. SSRN 23 June 2016.*

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2799319

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Psychological Anthropology eJournal 23 June 2016.*

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Cultural Anthropology eJournal 23 June 2016.*

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Cognition&Culture … eJournal 23 June 2016.*

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Philosophy of Action eJournal 23 June 2016.*

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Epistemology eJournal 23 June 2016.*

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Philosophy of Mind eJournal 23 June 2016.*

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_____. "(Не)определение реальности." Trad. Larissa Muravieva. En García Landa, Vanity Fea 25 julio 2016.*

http://vanityfea.blogspot.com.es/2016/07/blog-post_25.html

2016 ELIMINADO 2025 – En red en el Internet Archive.*

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_____. (Не)определение реальности: изменение рамок восприятия и спор за контролирующую перспективу." Trad. Larissa Muravieva. Academia 7 abril 2017.*

http://www.academia.edu/32313018

2017

_____. (Не)определение реальности: изменение рамок восприятия и спор за контролирующую перспективу." Trad. Larissa Muravieva.  ResearchGate 8 abril 2017.*

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315824336

2017

_____. "(Не)определение реальности: изменение рамок восприятия и спор за контролирующую перспективу." Trans. Larissa Muravieva.  Net Sight de José Angel García Landa 21 dic. 2022.*

https://personal.unizar.es/garciala/publicaciones/Indefinition.Neopriedielienie.pdf

2022

_____. "(Не)определение реальности: изменение рамок восприятия и спор за контролирующую перспективу." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 11 agosto 2025.*

https://blogdenotasvanityfea.blogspot.com/2025/08/blog-post.html

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https://x.com/JoseAngelGLanda/status/1954925393518981123

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_____. "(Не)определение реальности: изменение рамок восприятия и спор за контролирующую перспективу." Trans. Larissa Muravieva. Knowledge Commons Works 14 abril 2026.*

https://doi.org/10.17613/cwpxk-y2387

https://works.hcommons.org/records/cwpxk-y2387

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