Vague fictional objects. Issue 2 (7th February 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Paganini, Elisa
• Is Part Of: Inquiry. Volume 63:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 158
• Page End: 184
• Publication Date: 2020-02-07
• Subjects: Fictional objects -- vagueness -- ontic vagueness -- creationism about fictional objects; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Social Sciences -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; Philosophie -- Périodiques; Sciences sociales -- Philosophie -- Périodiques; 105
• DOI: 10.1080/0020174X.2019.1610050
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-174X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: I propose a different account of fictional objects from the ones already present in the literature. According to my account, fictional objects are culturally created abstract objects dependent for their existence on the pretence attitude adopted by a group of people towards a single fictional content. My work is divided into three parts: in the first one, I present how fictional objects come into existence according to my proposal; in the second part, I illustrate how the existence of fictional objects so conceived may be ontically indeterminate; in the last part, I consider what happens when vague existence and indeterminate identity are claimed within fictional texts.