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Springer, Dordrecht
2006
273 Pages
ISBN 978-1-4020-5146-3
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 theproperties of the imagined entity. Moreover, the book advances a new combined semantic and ontological defence of the existence of fictional entities.
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Voltolini, A. (2006). How ficta follow fiction: a syncretistic account of fictional entities, Springer, Dordrecht.
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