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Emar Maier

Assistant Professor, University of Groningen

Emar Maier is an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

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Making up stuff

A novel, by definition, tells a fictional story – but does that make its author a liar? On the space between stories and lies

Emar Maier