Fictional Names : a Critical Study of Some Theories Not Committed to the Existence of Fictional Entities.

If it is true that when we use a name, it must be the name of something, what is it that we name when we use terms such as Sherlock Holmes, Odysseus, and many of the same type? What is it we are addressing and how do the referential relations work assuming that we are thinking or talking about somet...

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Main Author: Napolano, Angelo
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Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
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