Dеnying Existеncе: Thе Logic, Epistеmology аnd Prаgmаtics of Nеgаtivе Existеntiаls аnd Fictionаl Discoursе (Synthеsе Librаry)
Publisher: Springеr
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 1997-11-30
List price: $229.00
From the truth that Flaubert did not fly it follows logically that there was someone who did not fly. From the truth that Emma Bovary did not exist does it follow, similarly, that there was someone who did not exist? Given the fact that Cerberus is non-existent, what sort of information is it that Cerberus guards the gate of hell (and not of heaven)? The first woman to be born in the 21st centrury does not yet exist but is she as unreal as Emma Bovary? These and other tangled issues regarding singular or seemingly singular existence-denials, empty subject terms and fictional discourse ...