Unreality : the Metaphysics of Fictional Objects /

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, C...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Crittenden, Charles (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Nonexistent objects (Philosophy) in literature.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Fiction
Nonexistent objects (Philosophy) in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • I. REFERENCE AND NONEXISTENCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
  • 2. REFERENCE AND FICTION
  • 3. THE UNREALITY OF FICTIONS
  • 4. FICTIONAL DISCOURSE
  • 5. ALTERNATIVE REFERENTIAL THEORIES OF FICTION
  • 6. REAL THINGS IN FICTION, LOGICAL COMPLETENESS, AND OTHER FORMS OF REPRESENTATION
  • 7. IS EVERYTHING FICTITIOUS? Is
  • INDEX

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