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1 online resource (125 pages) |
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Table of contents; preface; acknowledgments; part i -- fictional names; part ii -- fictional names and gappy propositions; part iii -- a unified pragmatic account for vacuous names; part iv -- pretence construal and fictional names; bibliography; index |
| Summary |
If it is true that when we use a name, it must be the name of something, what is it that we name when we use terms such as Sherlock Holmes, Odysseus, and many of the same type? What is it we are addressing and how do the referential relations work assuming that we are thinking or talking about something when we use these terms? Otherwise, if we are speaking about nothing when we use a fictional name, how do we understand the linguistic process which gives us the impression of speaking about s .. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Characters and characteristics in literature -- Philosophy
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Philosophy of language.
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Philosophy of mind.
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Philosophy: aesthetics.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443869058 |
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1443869058 |
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1322304645 |
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9781322304649 |
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