Fictional names : a critical study of some theories not committed to the existence of fictional entities / by Angelo Napolano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Napoleone, Angelo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Names--Philosophy.

Names.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (125 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If it is true that when we use a name, it must be the name of something, what is it that we name when we use terms such as Sherlock Holmes, Odysseus, and many of the same type? What is it we are addressing and how do the referential relations work assuming that we are thinking or talking about something when we use these terms? Otherwise, if we are speaking about nothing when we use a fictional name, how do we understand the linguistic process which gives us the impression of speaking about something? This book develops a critical study of some theories which deny any ontological existence to

Contents:

""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""PART I - FICTIONAL NAMES""; ""PART II - FICTIONAL NAMES AND GAPPY PROPOSITIONS""; ""PART III - A UNIFIED PRAGMATIC ACCOUNT FOR VACUOUS NAMES""; ""PART IV - PRETENCE CONSTRUAL AND FICTIONAL NAMES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 24, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6905-8

OCLC:

895433920