How Ficta Follow Fiction : A Syncretistic Account of Fictional Entities /
By: Voltolini, Alberto [author.].
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BookSeries: Philosophical Studies Series: 105Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.Description: XXIV, 280 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781402051470.Subject(s): Philosophy | Metaphysics | Ontology | Language and languages -- Philosophy | Philosophy | Metaphysics | Philosophy of Language | OntologyDDC classification: 110 Online resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | Available | EBK1935 |
The Metaphysical Side -- The Committal Theories (I) -- The Committal Theories (II) -- The Syncretistic Theory -- Further Developments of the Syncretistic Theory -- The Semantic Side -- The Noncommittal Theories -- The Syncretistic Theory -- The Ontological Side -- An Ontological Argument in Favor of the Existence of Fictional Entities.
This book presents a novel theory of fictional entities which is syncretistic insofar as it integrates the work of previous authors. It puts forward a new metaphysical conception of the nature of these entities, according to which a fictional entity is a compound entity built up from both a make-believe theoretical element and a set theoretical element. The fictional entity is constructed by imagining the existence of an individual with certain properties and adding a set-theoretical element consisting of the set of properties corresponding to the properties of the imagined entity. Moreover, the book advances a new combined semantic and ontological defence of the existence of fictional entities.
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