On the Systematic Inadequacy of Fictionalism about Fictional Characters

Zouhar, Marián

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“…See Zouhar (2019) for some arguments that Prefix Fictionalism is poor on this score, and see Richard (2000) for arguments that Non-Cognitive Fictionalism is poor on this score. 14 See Sainsbury (2010, 49) for a strategy the Error Theorist might appeal to; see Walton (1990, 420-430) for a strategy the Non-Cognitive Fictionalist might employ; and see Brock (2002, 14-18) for some strategies available to the Prefix Fictionalist.…”

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The Puzzle of Fictional Resemblance

Goodman¹

2022

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This article discusses a puzzle, the heart of which is this question: How is it that real individuals can resemble fictional individuals? It seems that any answer given by one who has taken a stand on the ontology of fictional individuals will come with significant drawbacks. An Anti-Realist will have to explain, or explain away, the apparent truth of our positive assertions of resemblance, while a Realist will have to explain how we are to understand resemblance in light of either the further claim that fictional characters are not associated with properties in the same way real individuals are, or that fictional characters are nonexistent or nonactual. I here survey the different Realist and Anti-Realist strategies in hopes that reflection on (mainly the drawbacks of) each will aid those who are curious about ontologies that may include fictionalia.

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The Puzzle of Fictional Resemblance

Goodman¹

2022

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On the Systematic Inadequacy of Fictionalism about Fictional Characters

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