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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452842203321

Titolo

Modes of existence [[electronic resource] ] : papers in ontology and philosophical logic / / Andrea Bottani, Richard Davies (eds.)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2006

ISBN

3-11-032753-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Collana

Philosophische Forschung = Philosophical research ; ; Bd. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

BottaniAndrea

DaviesRichard

Disciplina

111

Soggetti

Ontology

Logic

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Facts, Formal Objects and Ontology / Mulligan, Kevin -- Fictional and Aesthetic Objects: Meinong's Point of View / Raspa, Venanzio -- Russell's Descriptions and Meinong's Assumptions / Kroon, Frederick -- McGinn on Existence / Inwagen, Peter van -- The Talk I Was Supposed to Give / Varzi, Achille C. -- Two Interpretations of "According to a Story" / Reicher, Maria E. -- Madame Bovary as a Higher-Order Object / Barbero, Carola -- Identity across Time and Stories / Orilia, Francesco -- A Problem about Reference in Fiction / Spolaore, Giuseppe -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The volume collects essays by an international team of philosophers aimed at elucidating three fundamental and interconnected themes in ontology. In the first instance, there is the issue of the kind of thing that, in the primary sense, is or exists: must the primitive terms be particular or universal? Any reply will itself raise the question of how to treat discourse that appears to refer to things that cannot be met with in time and space: what difference is there between saying that someone is not sad and saying that something does not exist? If we can speak meaningfully about fictions, wha