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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Crittenden, Charles (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Sujets:
1900-1999
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Nonexistent objects (Philosophy) in literature.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Fiction
Nonexistent objects (Philosophy) in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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