| Fictional Objects Contributor(s): Brock, Stuart (Editor), Everett, Anthony (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198735596 ISBN-13: 9780198735595 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | Mind & Body |
| Dewey: 809.3 |
| LCCN: 2014950158 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6.45" W x 9.42" (1.39 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Eleven original essays discuss a range of puzzling philosophical questions about fictional characters, and more generally about fictional objects. For example, they ask questions like the following: Do they really exist? What would fictional objects be like if they existed? Do they exist eternally? Are they created? Who by? When and how? Can they be destroyed? If so, how? Are they abstract or concrete? Are they actual? Are they complete objects? Are they possible objects? How many fictional objects are there? What are their identity conditions? What kinds of attitudes can we have towards them? This volume will be a landmark in the philosophical debate about fictional objects, and will influence higher-level debates within metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. |
