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Fictional objects

Title
Fictional objects [electronic resource] / edited by Stuart Brock and Anthony Everett.
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Brock, Stuart, 1968-
  • Everett, Anthony, 1968-
Description
1 online resource (299 pages)
Summary
Discusses a range of philosophical questions about fictional characters and fictional objects, with implications for metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.
Uniform Title
Fictional objects (Online)
Subject
  • Fictitious characters > Philosophy
  • Fiction
  • Object (Philosophy)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
A reconsidered defence of Haecceitism regarding fictional individuals / William G. Lycan -- Objects of fiction and objects of thought / Robert Howell -- Wondering about witches / David Braun -- The philosopher's stone and other mythical objects / Nathan Salmon -- A suitable metaphysics for fictional entities : why one has to run syncretistically / Alberto Voltolini -- Creationism and the problem of indiscernible fictional objects / Frederick Kroon -- Brutal identity / Ben Caplan and Cathleen Muller -- The importance of fictional properties / Sarah Sawyer -- Fictionalism, fictional characters, and fictionalist inference / Stuart Brock -- Fictional discourse and fictionalisms / Amie L. Thomasson -- Ideas for stories / Anthony Everett and Timothy Schroeder.
LCCN
2014950158
OCLC
ssj0001972049
Title
Fictional objects [electronic resource] / edited by Stuart Brock and Anthony Everett.
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition
First edition.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Brock, Stuart, 1968-
Everett, Anthony, 1968-
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