UID:
almafu_9959155505202883
Format:
1 online resource (192 p.)
ISBN:
9781501733871
Content:
Charles Crittenden here offers an original solution to one of the traditional dilemmas of philosophy-whether there can be any thing not existing, since to say that some thing does not exist seems to presuppose its existence. Drawing on the tools of Wittgensteinian philosophy and speech act theory, Crittenden argues that we can and often do make reference to unreal objects such as fictional characters, though they do not exist in any sense at all.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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PREFACE --
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I. REFERENCE AND NONEXISTENCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY --
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2. REFERENCE AND FICTION --
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3. THE UNREALITY OF FICTIONS --
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4. FICTIONAL DISCOURSE --
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5. ALTERNATIVE REFERENTIAL THEORIES OF FICTION --
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6. REAL THINGS IN FICTION, LOGICAL COMPLETENESS, AND OTHER FORMS OF REPRESENTATION --
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7. IS EVERYTHING FICTITIOUS? Is --
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INDEX
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.7591/9781501733871
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501733871
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501733871
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