Modes of existence : papers in ontology and philosophical logic / Andrea Bottani, Richard Davies (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bottani, Andrea.

Davies, Richard, 1959-

Series:

Philosophische Forschung (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Bd. 5.

Philosophische Forschung = Philosophical research ; Bd. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontology.

Logic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (238 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt ; New Brunswick : Ontos Verlag, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The volume collects essays by an international team of philosophers aimed at elucidating three fundamental and interconnected themes in ontology. In the first instance, there is the issue of the kind of thing that, in the primary sense, is or exists: must the primitive terms be particular or universal? Any reply will itself raise the question of how to treat discourse that appears to refer to things that cannot be met with in time and space: what difference is there between saying that someone is not sad and saying that something does not exist? If we can speak meaningfully about fictions, wha

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Facts, Formal Objects and Ontology / Mulligan, Kevin

Fictional and Aesthetic Objects: Meinong's Point of View / Raspa, Venanzio

Russell's Descriptions and Meinong's Assumptions / Kroon, Frederick

McGinn on Existence / Inwagen, Peter van

The Talk I Was Supposed to Give / Varzi, Achille C.

Two Interpretations of "According to a Story" / Reicher, Maria E.

Madame Bovary as a Higher-Order Object / Barbero, Carola

Identity across Time and Stories / Orilia, Francesco

A Problem about Reference in Fiction / Spolaore, Giuseppe

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783110327533

3110327538

OCLC:

851970814