Orlando, Eleonora (2016) Fictional Names and Literary Characters: A Defence of Abstractism. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 31 (2). pp. 143-158. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
This paper is focused on the abstractist theory of fiction, namely, the semantic theory according to which fictional names refer to abstract entities. Two semantic problems that arise in relation to that position are analysed: the first is the problem of accounting for the intuitive truth of typically fictive uses of statements containing fictional names; the second is the one of explaining some problematic metafictive uses, in particular, the use of intuitively true negative existentials.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | fictional names; literary characters; abstractism | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 08 Jun 2016 19:47 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 08 Jun 2016 19:47 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 12177 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/v... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.15193 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Realism/Anti-realism | ||||||
| Date: | May 2016 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 143-158 | ||||||
| Volume: | 31 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12177 |
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