How Ficta Follow Fiction A Syncretistic Account of Fictional Entities

How Ficta Follow Fiction A Syncretistic Account of Fictional Entities / by Alberto Voltolini.

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-bel...

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Main Author: Voltolini, Alberto (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
Edition:1st ed. 2006.
Series:Philosophical Studies Series, 105
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Metaphysics.
Language and languages—Philosophy.
Ontology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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