Ontology, Reference, and the Qua Problem: Amie Thomasson on Existence
Axiomathes (forthcoming)
| Abstract | I argue that Amie Thomasson’s recent theory of the methodology to be applied to find the truth-conditions for claims of existence faces serious objections. Her account is based on Devitt and Sterelny’s solution to the qua problem for theories of reference fixing; however, such a solution cannot be also applied to analyze existential claims | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,875 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesJ. Dodd (2012). Defending the Discovery Model in the Ontology of Art: A Reply to Amie Thomasson on the Qua Problem. British Journal of Aesthetics 52 (1):75-95.
Louis deRosset (forthcoming). Analyticity and Ontology. Oxford Studies in Metaphysics.
Amie L. Thomasson (2008). Existence Questions. Philosophical Studies 141 (1):63 - 78.
Amie L. Thomasson (2000). Denying Existence. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 61 (1):233-235.
Victor Caston (2006). Comment on Amie Thomasson's "Self-Awareness and Self-Knowledge". Psyche 12 (2).
Amie L. Thomasson (2004). The Ontology of Art. In Peter Kivy (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Aesthetics. Blackwell Pub..
By Amie L. Thomasson (2006). Metaphysical Arguments Against Ordinary Objects. Philosophical Quarterly 56 (224):340–359.
Amie Thomasson (2006). Metaphysical Arguments Against Ordinary Objects. Philosophical Quarterly 56 (224):340 - 359.
Jonathan Schaffer (2009). The Deflationary Metaontology of Thomasson's Ordinary Objects. Philosophical Books 50 (3):142-157.
Jeffrey Goodman (2003). Where is Sherlock Holmes? Southern Journal of Philosophy 41 (2):183-197.
Amie L. Thomasson (1999). Fiction and Metaphysics. Cambridge University Press.
Amie L. Thomasson (2006). Debates About the Ontology of Art: What Are We Doing Here? Philosophy Compass 1 (3):245-255.
Amie L. Thomasson (2005). The Ontology of Art and Knowledge in Aesthetics. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 63 (3):221–229.
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2011-09-15Total downloads50 ( #21,582 of 556,837 )Recent downloads (6 months)5 ( #16,099 of 556,837 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
