| Description |
xii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in philosophy |
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Cambridge studies in philosophy.
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| Contents |
Introduction: From Fiction Into Metaphysics -- Pt. 1. The Artifactual Theory of Fiction. 1. If we postulated fictional objects, what would they be? 2. The nature and varieties of existential dependence. 3. Fictional characters as abstract artifacts. 4. Reference to fictional characters. 5. Identity conditions for fictional characters -- Pt. 2. Ontological decisions. 6. Fiction and experience. 7. Fiction and language. 8. Ontology and categorization. 9. Perils of false parsimony. 10. Ontology for a varied world |
| Summary |
This challenging study places fiction squarely at the center of the discussion of metaphysics. Philosophers have traditionally treated fiction as involving a set of narrow problems in logic or the philosophy of language. By contrast Amie Thomasson argues that fiction has far-reaching implications for central problems of metaphysics. In taking seriously the work of literary scholars and in citing a wide range of literary examples, this book will interest not only philosophers concerned with metaphysics and the philosophy of language, but also those in literary theory interested in these foundational issues |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-170) and index |
| Subject |
Fictions, Theory of.
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Metaphysics.
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| LC no. |
98026456 |
| ISBN |
0521640806 |
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