Much Ado About Nonexistence
Fiction and Reference
1st Edition
Published on 26. April 2007
176 pages
979-8-216-32460-7 (ISBN)
Description
The problem of the nature of fiction and the problem of nonexistence are closely tied because fiction often talks about nonexistent entities. In Fiction, Reference, and Nonexistence, A. P. Martinich and Avrum Stroll, two of America's leading philosophers, explore fiction and undertake an analytic philosophical study of fiction and its reference and its relation to truth. Included in the discussion is the authors' new, contemporary theory of fiction developed as an extension of the speech act theory of H. P. Grice, as well as the relationship between nonexistence and Bertrand Russell's well-known theory of definite descriptions, and Hilary Putnam's theory of the relationship between common names and the world.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
979-8-216-32460-7 (9798216324607)
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Persons
A. P. Martinich is Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor in Philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin and the author of more than a dozen books. He is the editor of Philosophy of Language and is on the board of directors of the Journal of the History of Philosophy.
Avrum Stroll is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego. He is the author of numerous books and hundreds of articles on topics including philosophy of language and analytic philosophy.
Avrum Stroll is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego. He is the author of numerous books and hundreds of articles on topics including philosophy of language and analytic philosophy.
Content
Part 1 Part I: Fiction and Reference
Chapter 2 A Theory of Fiction
Chapter 3 Pretense and Fiction
Chapter 4 History and Fiction
Part 5 Part II: Reference and Non-Existence
Chapter 6 Fiction and Reference Again
Chapter 7 Direct Reference Theories and Natural Kinds
Chapter 2 A Theory of Fiction
Chapter 3 Pretense and Fiction
Chapter 4 History and Fiction
Part 5 Part II: Reference and Non-Existence
Chapter 6 Fiction and Reference Again
Chapter 7 Direct Reference Theories and Natural Kinds
