Salis, Fiora (2010) Fictional Reports: A Study on the Semantics of Fictional Names. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 25 (2). pp. 175-185. ISSN 2171-679X

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Abstract

Against standard descriptivist and referentialist semantics for fictional reports, I will defend a view according
to which fictional names do not refer yet they can be distinguished from one another by virtue of their different name-using practices. The logical structures of sentences containing fictional names inherit these distinctions. Different interpretations follow.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Salis, Fiora fiora.salis@gmail.com
Additional Information:	ISSN: 0495-4548 (print)
Keywords:	fictional reports, fictional names, sententialism, interpreted logical forms, gappy propositions, name using practices.
Depositing User:	Users 15304 not found.
Date Deposited:	13 Feb 2014 00:40
Last Modified:	13 Feb 2014 00:40
Item ID:	10317
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.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi...
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1387/theoria.634
Date:	June 2010
Page Range:	pp. 175-185
Volume:	25
Number:	2
ISSN:	2171-679X
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10317

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