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| Fiction: a counterfactual assumption or history. In philosophy, it is the question how a truth value can be attributed to fictional statements. See also idealization, as if, truth, facts, counterfactuals, theories, theoretical entities, existence, ontology._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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P. Geach on Fictions - Dictionary of Arguments
I 158 Fiction/Existence/Ontology/E.g. Chesterton "The Missing Mr Glass": hearing impairment: "I missed a glass". Geach: then the question is no longer whether predicates may be attributed. Intentional verbs such as "adore" "dream of", "seek" are not well understood. >Intention, >Intentionality, >Intension, >Intensionality. If descriptions are replaced, the truth value may change or may not change - how do you find out if two worship the same God?. >Intensional objects, Objects of thought, >Objects of belief, >Mental objects._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gea I P.T. Geach Logic Matters Oxford 1972 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18