Which entities should be accepted as part of the furniture of the world, and which not? What are "pseudo-objects," if they are not properly objects? This collection explores the answers given to these questions by some key philosophers throughout the 20th century. It brings toge…
This book defends the common sense view that there are no such things as fictional people, places, and things. It then creates an argument against fictional realism by finding the faults and problems with the fictional realism argument.
Anthony Everett gives a philosophical defence of the common-sense view that there are no such things as fictional people, places, and things. He argues that our talk and thought about such fictional objects takes place within the scope of a pretense, and that we gain little but …
"The Objects of Thought addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. Tim Crane argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that we will not adequately understand thought…
Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power we need to unde…
L'idée d'une origine commune de la phénoménologie et de la philosophie analytique commence à être bien admise. L'auteur reprend ici cette idée pour apporter des éléments en la soumettant à l'épreuve d'une question décisive pour les auteurs de la fin du XIXe et du début du XXe si…
L'idée d'une origine commune de la phénoménologie et de la philosophie analytique commence à être bien admise. L'auteur reprend ici cette idée pour apporter des éléments en la soumettant à l'épreuve d'une question décisive pour les auteurs de la fin du XIXe et du début du XXe si…
