Philosophical Papers 31 (2):183-198 (2002)
| Authors |
|
| Abstract |
Abstract In this paper I criticise a recent account of fictional discourse proposed by Nathan Salmon. Salmon invokes abstract artifacts as the referents of fictional names in both object- and meta-fictional discourse alike. He then invokes a theory of pretence to forge the requisite connection between object-fictional sentences and meta-fictional sentences, in virtue of which the latter can be assigned appropriate truth-values. I argue that Salmon's account of pretence renders his appeal to abstract artifacts as the referents of fictional names in object-fictional discourse explanatorily redundant. I further argue that his account is therefore no improvement over those he criticises, thus leaving his own account unmotivated
|
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) |
| Categories | (categorize this paper) |
| DOI | 10.1080/05568640209485101 |
| Options |
Mark as duplicate
Export citation
Request removal from index
|
Download options
PhilArchive copy
External links
- From the Publisher via CrossRef (no proxy)
- dx.doi.org (no proxy)
- ajol.info
(no proxy) - tandfonline.com (no proxy)
Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server
Configure custom proxy (use this if your affiliation does not provide a proxy)
Through your library
- Sign in / register and customize your OpenURL resolver..
- Configure custom resolver
References found in this work BETA
Naming and Necessity.Saul A. Kripke - 1980 - In Darragh Byrne & Max Kölbel (eds.), Philosophy. Routledge. pp. 431-433.
Mimesis as Make-Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts.Kendall L. Walton - 1990 - Harvard University Press.
View all 25 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
To Have and to Hold.Tatjana von Solodkoff & Richard Woodward - 2017 - Philosophical Issues 27 (1):407-427.
Similar books and articles
Pretense, Existence, and Fictional Objects.Anthony Everett - 2007 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 74 (1):56–80.
Fictional Reports A Study on the Semantics of Fictional Names.Fiora Salis - 2010 - Theoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 25 (2):175-185.
Fictional States of Affairs and Literary Discourse.Peter McCormick - 1983 - Grazer Philosophische Studien 19 (1):163-178.
The Autism Objection to Pretence Theories.David Liggins - 2010 - Philosophical Quarterly 60 (241):764-782.
Description, Disagreement, and Fictional Names.Peter Alward - 2011 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 41 (3):423-448.
How to Be a Nominalist and a Fictional Realist.Ross P. Cameron - 2013 - In Christy Mag Uidhir (ed.), Art and Abstract Objects. Oxford University Press. pp. 179.
The Great Beetle Debate: A Study in Imagining with Names.Stacie Friend - 2011 - Philosophical Studies 153 (2):183-211.
A Defense of Creationism in Fiction.Jeffrey Goodman - 2004 - Grazer Philosophische Studien 67 (1):131-155.
A Syncretistic Ontology of Fictional Beings.Alberto Voltolini - 2013 - In T. Koblizek, P. Kot'atko & M. Pokorny (eds.), Text + Work: The Menard Case. Litteraria Pragensia. pp. 89-108.
Pretence as Individual and Collective Intentionality.Hannes Rakoczy - 2008 - Mind and Language 23 (5):499-517.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2010-08-24
Total views
74 ( #134,850 of 2,411,476 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
4 ( #188,489 of 2,411,476 )
2010-08-24
Total views
74 ( #134,850 of 2,411,476 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
4 ( #188,489 of 2,411,476 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads
