Unreality : The Metaphysics of Fictional Objects / Charles Crittenden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crittenden, Charles, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fiction & Short Stories.

Local Subjects:

Fiction & Short Stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Charles Crittenden here offers an original solution to one of the traditional dilemmas of philosophy-whether there can be any thing not existing, since to say that some thing does not exist seems to presuppose its existence. Drawing on the tools of Wittgensteinian philosophy and speech act theory, Crittenden argues that we can and often do make reference to unreal objects such as fictional characters, though they do not exist in any sense at all.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

I. REFERENCE AND NONEXISTENCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

2. REFERENCE AND FICTION

3. THE UNREALITY OF FICTIONS

4. FICTIONAL DISCOURSE

5. ALTERNATIVE REFERENTIAL THEORIES OF FICTION

6. REAL THINGS IN FICTION, LOGICAL COMPLETENESS, AND OTHER FORMS OF REPRESENTATION

7. IS EVERYTHING FICTITIOUS? Is

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501733871

1501733877

OCLC:

1129180412