A reconsidered defence of Haecceitism regarding fictional individuals / William G. Lycan -- Objects of fiction and objects of thought / Robert Howell -- Wondering about witches / David Braun -- The philosopher's stone and other mythical objects / Nathan Salmon -- A suitable metaphysics for fictional entities : why one has to run syncretistically / Alberto Voltolini -- Creationism and the problem of indiscernible fictional objects / Frederick Kroon -- Brutal identity / Ben Caplan and Cathleen Muller -- The importance of fictional properties / Sarah Sawyer -- Fictionalism, fictional characters, and fictionalist inference / Stuart Brock -- Fictional discourse and fictionalisms / Amie L. Thomasson -- Ideas for stories / Anthony Everett and Timothy Schroeder
Summary
11 original essays discuss a range of puzzling philosophical questions about characters in fiction and other fictional objects. For example: Do they really exist? Are they created? Can they be destroyed? Are they abstract or concrete? What are their identity conditions? What kinds of attitudes can we have towards them?
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 16, 2015)
