Fictional Sentences and the Pragmatic Defence of Direct Reference Theories

DOI: http://doi.org/10.26333/sts.xxxiii2.09 According to Adams and his colleagues, fictional sentences, i.e. sentences featuring fictional names, lack any truth value. To explain intuitions to the contrary, they refer to the pragmatics of fictional assertions and claim that sincere utterances of...

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Main Author: Tomasz Puczyłowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polskie Towarzystwo Semiotyczne / The Polish Semiotic Society 2020-01-01
Series:Studia Semiotyczne
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Online Access:http://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/index.php/Studiasemiotyczne/article/view/141