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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anthony Everett (University of Bristol)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.530kg ISBN: 9780199674794ISBN 10: 0199674795 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 29 August 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Fiction and the imagination 3: Talking through the pretense 4: Truth, content, aboutness 5: Objections 6: Fictional realism 7: Contra fictional realism 8: Metaphysical problems Bibliography IndexReviewsthe issues it covers are interesting and the discussion erudite ... it is an obvious must read for anyone working in fiction. It will also prove useful - and importantly accessible - to someone less involved in the literature of that area. So philosophers of language and metaphysicians, more broadly, should also be interested in reading this book as worked example of more general issues that they face. Nikk Effingham, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews this book is abundant with complex and subtle arguments against fictional realism Maria E. Reicher, Philosophical Quarterly the issues it covers are interesting and the discussion erudite ... it is an obvious must read for anyone working in fiction. It will also prove useful - and importantly accessible - to someone less involved in the literature of that area. So philosophers of language and metaphysicians, more broadly, should also be interested in reading this book as worked example of more general issues that they face. Nikk Effingham, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Everetts fine book deserves great consideration Alberto Voltolini, Dialectica This book makes a valuable contribution to the debate between realists and anti-realists about fictional objects. Catharine Abell, British Journal of Aesthetics Author InformationAnthony Everett is a senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Bristol, having obtained his PhD from Stanford University in 2000. He works in the philosophy of language, and related areas in the philosophy of mind, philosophical logic, metaphysics, and aesthetics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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