{"product_id":"fiction-and-metaphysics-hardback-9780521640800","title":"Fiction and Metaphysics (Hardback) 9780521640800","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFiction and Metaphysics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmie Thomasson argues that fiction has far-reaching implications for central problems of metaphysics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmie L. Thomasson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521640800, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 November 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e188 pages, 9 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.4 x 1.9 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis challenging study places fiction squarely at the centre of the discussion of metaphysics. Philosophers have traditionally treated fiction as involving a set of narrow problems in logic or the philosophy of language. By contrast Amie Thomasson argues that fiction has far-reaching implications for central problems of metaphysics. The book develops an 'artifactual' theory of fiction, whereby fictional characters are abstract artifacts as ordinary as laws or symphonies or works of literature. By understanding fictional characters we come to understand how other cultural and social objects are established on the basis of the independent physical world and the mental states of human beings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: from fiction into metaphysics\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Artifactual Theory of Fiction: Foreword\u003cbr\u003e 1. If we postulated fictional objects, what would they be?\u003cbr\u003e 2. The nature and varieties of existential dependence\u003cbr\u003e 3. Fictional characters as abstract artifacts\u003cbr\u003e 4. Reference to fictional characters\u003cbr\u003e 5. Identity conditions for fictional characters\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Ontological Decisions: Foreword\u003cbr\u003e 6. Fiction and experience\u003cbr\u003e 7. Fiction and language\u003cbr\u003e 8. Ontology and categorization\u003cbr\u003e 9. The perils of false parsimony\u003cbr\u003e 10. An ontology for a varied world\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy: aesthetics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy: aesthetics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy:%20aesthetics%20%5BHPN%5D%22\"\u003eHPN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129348313368,"sku":"9780521640800","price":94.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521640800i.jpg?v=1691666690","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fiction-and-metaphysics-hardback-9780521640800","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}