Against a Defense of Fictional Realism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4351980 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben Caplan (The Ohio State University), Cathleen Muller (0000-0003-1115-8631, The Ohio State University) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 255 |
| Pages | 211-224 |
| Publication date | 2014-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqt043 |
| OpenAlex | W2026738117 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
According to fictional realism, the realm of objects includes fictional characters. In ‘Against Fictional Realism’, Anthony Everett argues against fictional realism, in part on the grounds that it is committed to the claim that fictional characters can be indeterminately identical. In ‘In Defence of Fictional Realism’, Benjamin Schnieder and Tatjana von Solodkoff defend fictional realism by denying that it is committed to that claim. In this paper, we argue that their view is arbitrary, since there is no reason to prefer their principles to alternative ones. As a result, fictional realists who deny that fictional characters can be indeterminately identical need another response to Everett's argument.
Art · Literature · Realism · State (computer science) · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |