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31Don't Lie to Me about Fictional Characters: Meinongian Incomplete Objects to the Rescue of Truth in FictionPhilosophy and Literature 46 (1): 162-180. 2022.Abstract:Can the claim "Sherlock Holmes is a detective" be true if no object exists that has this property? Is it true that he is a fictional character and that he does not exist? My answers are based on Alexius Meinong's theory of objects. In contrast to other Meinongians, I argue that employing other possible worlds poses ontological problems and that existence is not a property of objects. Since we think of objects by means of only some, but not all, of their properties, incomplete objects fu…Read more
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10Die Europäische Wertegemeinschaft und der Beitrittswunsch der Republik TürkeiZeitschrift Für Evangelische Ethik 49 (1): 22-39. 2005.
The City University Of New York Graduate Center
Department Of Philosophy
Alumnus
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Language |
Aesthetics |
Philosophy of Law |