Fiction and Fictionalism
Price: $190.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-77434-5
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1st April 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 240
About the Book
We pretend that there are people like Sherlock Holmes even though such people do not exist. Are fictional entities genuine entities? Or are there merely possible or abstract things? The nature of fiction and the closely related topic of fictionalism are two of the most important problems in contemporary metahysics and philosophy of language.
In this clear introduction and assessment, Mark Sainsbury covers all the main topics and debates, including fictional names, the problematic status of fictional entities, fictional operators, and the relations between fictions and between fictions and fact. He explains the important problem of moral fictionalism, the paradoxical view that the semantics of moral discourse is realist but fictional.
Each chapter contains a helpful summary and annotated guide to further reading. A helpful glossary of technical terms is also included, making Fiction and Fictionalism and ideal starting point for anyone seeking an introduction to the field.