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- 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
- 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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Brock, Stuart, 1968-
Everett, Anthony, 1968-