The nonexistent
Anthony Everett gives a philosophical defence of the common-sense view that there are no such things as fictional people, places, and things. He argues that our talk and thought about such fictional objects takes place within the scope of a pretense, and that we gain little but lose much by acceptin...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2014, 2014
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Anthony Everett gives a philosophical defence of the common-sense view that there are no such things as fictional people, places, and things. He argues that our talk and thought about such fictional objects takes place within the scope of a pretense, and that we gain little but lose much by accepting fictional realism |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: | 9780191758102 |