Modes of Existence: Papers in Ontology and Philosophical Logic

Published by De Gruyter 2006

Modes of Existence

Papers in Ontology and Philosophical Logic

Edited by: Andrea Bottani and Richard Davies

Volume 5 in the series Philosophische Forschung / Philosophical Research

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110327533

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The volume collects essays by an international team of philosophers aimed at elucidating three fundamental and interconnected themes in ontology. In the first instance, there is the issue of the kind of thing that, in the primary sense, is or exists: must the primitive terms be particular or universal? Any reply will itself raise the question of how to treat discourse that appears to refer to things that cannot be met with in time and space: what difference is there between saying that someone is not sad and saying that something does not exist? If we can speak meaningfully about fictions, what makes those statements true (or false) and how can the entities in question be identified? Assessment of the options that have been opened up in these fields since the work of Bertrand Russell and Alexius Meinong at the beginning of the twentieth century remains an important testing-ground for metaphysical principles and intuitions.

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Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Facts, Formal Objects and Ontology Kevin Mulligan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Fictional and Aesthetic Objects: Meinong’s Point of View Venanzio Raspa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Russell’s Descriptions and Meinong’s Assumptions Frederick Kroon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
McGinn on Existence Peter van Inwagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
The Talk I Was Supposed to Give Achille C. Varzi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Two Interpretations of “According to a Story” Maria E. Reicher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Madame Bovary as a Higher-Order Object Carola Barbero Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Identity across Time and Stories Francesco Orilia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
A Problem about Reference in Fiction Giuseppe Spolaore Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Pages
- Main content: 240
Keywords: Logik; Ontologie; Philosophie

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Published: May 2, 2013
ISBN: 9783110327533

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Published: September 15, 2006
ISBN: 9783110327281