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Fiction and Fictionalism (New Problems of Philosophy) by Mark Sainsbury; R.M. Sainsbury is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Fiction and Fictionalism (New Problems of Philosophy) about?
<p>Are fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes real? What can fiction tell us about the nature of truth and reality? In this excellent introduction to the problem of fictionalism R. M. Sainsbury covers the following key topics: <ul> <li>what is fiction? </li> <li>realism about fictional objects, including the arguments that fictional objects are real but non-existent; real but non-factual; real but non-concrete </li> <li>the relationship between fictional characters and non-actual worlds </
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Mark Sainsbury; R.M. Sainsbury
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780203872567
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Science, Physics
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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