Full Idea
It is not even minimally plausible that a well written novel ...would have the degree of coherence required to be a serious alternative to anyone's actual system of beliefs.
Gist of Idea
A well written novel cannot possibly match a real belief system for coherence
Source
Laurence Bonjour (The Structure of Empirical Knowledge [1985], 5.5)
Book Reference
Bonjour,Laurence: 'The Structure of Empirical Knowledge' [Harvard 1985], p.107
A Reaction
This seems correct. 'Bleak House' is wonderfully consistent, but its elements are entirely verbal, and nothing occupies the space between the facts that are described. And Lady Dedlock is not in Debrett. I think this kills a standard objection.