Much Ado About Nonexistence: Fiction and Reference

Stroll, Avrum

ISBN 10: 0742548341 / ISBN 13: 9780742548343

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007

About this Item

Fiction, Reference, and Nonexistence contains a new, contemporary theory of fiction and discusses the connection between language and reality. Martinich and Stroll, two of America's leading philosophers, explore fiction and undertake an analytic philosophical study of fiction and its reference, and its relation to truth. Editor(s): Rushdy, Hatem. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 245. . 2007. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Much Ado About Nonexistence: Fiction and Reference
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742548341
• ISBN 13: 9780742548343
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

The problem of the nature of fiction and the problem of nonexistence are closely tied because fiction often talks about nonexistent entities. In Fiction, Reference, and Nonexistence, A. P. Martinich and Avrum Stroll, two of America's leading philosophers, explore fiction and undertake an analytic philosophical study of fiction and its reference and its relation to truth. Included in the discussion is the authors' new, contemporary theory of fiction developed as an extension of the speech act theory of H. P. Grice, as well as the relationship between nonexistence and Bertrand Russell's well-known theory of definite descriptions, and Hilary Putnam's theory of the relationship between common names and the world.

About the Author

A. P. Martinich is Roy Allison Vaughan Centennial Professor in Philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin and the author of more than a dozen books. He is the editor of Philosophy of Language and is on the board of directors of the Journal of the History of Philosophy.

Avrum Stroll is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of California at San Diego. He is the author of numerous books and hundreds of articles on topics including philosophy of language and analytic philosophy.