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In this book Terence Parsons revives the older tradition of taking such objects at face value. Using various modern techniques from logic and the philosophy of language, he formulates a metaphysical theory of nonexistent objects. The theory is given a formalization in symbolism rich enough to contain definite descriptions, modal operators, and epistemic contexts, and the book includes a discussion which relates the formalized theory explicitly to English.
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| Keywords | Nonexistent objects |
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| ISBN(s) | 0300024045 0300024045 9780300024043 |
| DOI | 10.2307/2185016 |
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