A Meinongian Analysis of Fictional Objects

Grazer Philosophische Studien 1 (1):73-86 (1975)
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This paper explores the view that there are such things as (nonexistent) fictional objects, and that we refer to such objects when we say things like "Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective", or "Conan Doyle wrote about Sherlock Holmes". A theory of such objects is developed as a special application of a Meinongian Ontology.

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10.1163/18756735-90000006

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Terence Parsons
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