Purely Intentional Modal Fictionalism.

This article brings two outstanding figures into conversation about the problem of fictional entities and their indeterminacies: Roman Ingarden and David Lewis. Lewis's account of fiction lacks an adequate ontology of ficta‐qua‐objects. Relying on his modal realism does not help, for it would make f...

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Publicado en:European Journal of Philosophy Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 1100 - 1117
Autor principal: Jakha, Hicham
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2025
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