Fictionalism in Metaphysics

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-19-928218-0
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 716 g

The first collection exclusively devoted to this very hot topic
- Superb international line-up of contributors

- Represents the very latest thinking in current debates

- Ten specially written pieces and one reprinted classic by Walton

- The editor provides an ideal introduction to the topic

Contents

- Introduction

- 1 Gideon Rosen: Problems in the history of fictionalism

- 2 Kendall Walton: Metaphor and prop oriented make-believe

- 3 Stephen Yablo: The myth of seven

- 4 Seahwa Kim: Modal fictionalism and analysis

- 5 James A. Woodbridge: Truth as a pretence

- 6 Frederick Kroon: Belief about nothing in particular

- 7 Daniel Nolan: Fictionalist attitudes about fictional matters

- 8 Cian Dorr: What we disagree about when we disagree about ontology

- 9 Richard Joyce: Moral fictionalism

- 10 David Lewis: Quasi-realism is fictionalism

- 11 Simon Blackburn: Quasi-realism no fictionalism

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of philosophy

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kalderon, Mark Eli

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by Mark Eli Kalderon, University College London

Contributors: Gideon Rosen Kendall Walton Stephen Yablo Seahwa Kim James A. Woodbridge Frederick Kroon Daniel Nolan Cian Dorr Richard Joyce David Lewis Simon Blackburn