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Fiction and Metaphysics

By Amie L. Thomasson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780511527463, 0521640806, 0521065216, 0511527462, 9780521065214, 9780521640800
LCC
BC199.F5 T48 1999
Google Books ID
HrM2ZsuCdG4C
Open Library ID
OL366090M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
864 kB (884639 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Pages
187\187
Topic
Physics
DPI
300
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

This challenging study places fiction squarely at the center of the discussion of metaphysics. Philosophers have traditionally treated fiction as involving a set of narrow problems in logic or the philosophy of language. By contrast Amie Thomasson argues that fiction has far-reaching implications for central problems of metaphysics. The book develops an ''artifactual'' theory of fiction, whereby fictional characters are abstract artifacts as ordinary as laws or symphonies or works of literature. In taking seriously the work of literary scholars and in citing a wide range of literary examples, this book will interest not only philosophers concerned with metaphysics and the philosophy of language, but also those in literary theory interested in these foundational issues.

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