A Syncretistic Account of Fictional Entities Voltolini, Alberto. creator author. SpringerLink (Online service) text ne 2006 monographic eng

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access XXIV, 273 p. online resource. This book presents a novel theory of fictional entities which is syncretistic insofar as it integrates the work of previous authors. It puts forward a new metaphysical conception of the nature of these entities, according to which a fictional entity is a compound entity built up from both a make-believe theoretical element and a set theoretical element. The fictional entity is constructed by imagining the existence of an individual with certain properties and adding a set-theoretical element consisting of the set of properties corresponding to the properties of the imagined entity. Moreover, the book advances a new combined semantic and ontological defence of the existence of fictional entities. The Metaphysical Side -- The Committal Theories (I) -- The Committal Theories (II) -- The Syncretistic Theory -- Further Developments of the Syncretistic Theory -- The Semantic Side -- The Noncommittal Theories -- The Syncretistic Theory -- The Ontological Side -- An Ontological Argument in Favor of the Existence of Fictional Entities. by Alberto Voltolini. PHILOSOPHY (GENERAL) METAPHYSICS ONTOLOGY LINGUISTICS PHILOSOPHY PHILOSOPHY METAPHYSICS PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE ONTOLOGY 110 9781402051470 99781402051470 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5147-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5147-6 100301 20260521092118.0 978-1-4020-5147-0