The Meanings of Fictional Names

IF 0.3 3区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY
Organon F Pub Date : 2021-01-28 DOI:10.31577/ORGF.2021.28102
Fiora Salis
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Abstract

According to Millianism, the meaning of a name is exhausted by its referent. According to anti-realism about fictional entities, there are no such entities. If there are no fictional entities, how can we explain the apparent meaningfulness of fictional names? Our best theory of fiction, Walton’s theory of make-believe, makes the same assumptions but lacks the theoretical resources to answer the question. In this paper, I propose a pragmatic solution in terms of two main dimensions of meaning, a subjective, psychological dimension and an intersubjective, public dimension. The psychological dimension builds on the notion of mental files; the public dimension builds on Stalnaker’s notion of common ground. The account is coherent with two main theoretical principles, parsimony and uniformity. Furthermore, it satisfies three explanatory conditions posed by the intentionality of our thought and discourse about fiction, object-directedness, counterfictional imagining and intersubjective identification.
虚构名字的意义
根据Millianism的观点,一个名字的意义被它的指称所耗尽。根据关于虚构实体的反现实主义,不存在这样的实体。如果没有虚构的实体,我们如何解释虚构名字的明显意义?我们最好的小说理论,沃尔顿的虚构理论,做出了同样的假设,但缺乏回答这个问题的理论资源。在本文中,我从意义的两个主要维度提出了一个语用解决方案,一个是主观的心理维度,另一个是主体间的公共维度。心理维度建立在心理档案的概念之上;公共层面建立在Stalnaker的共同点概念之上。该叙述符合两个主要的理论原则,即简约性和一致性。此外,它还满足了我们关于小说的思想和话语的意向性、对象指向性、反小说想象和主体间认同这三个解释条件。
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Organon F
Organon F PHILOSOPHY-
CiteScore
0.70
自引率
20.00%
发文量
19
审稿时长
38 weeks
期刊介绍: Organon F publishes high-quality articles on the entire range of topics discussed in contemporary analytic philosophy. Accordingly, we invite authors to submit articles that address issues that belong, but are not limited, to philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, epistemology, metaphysics and philosophical logic. We also consider analytically written articles on ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy and history of philosophy. The principal aim is to publish original articles that meet the standards typical of analytic philosophy, primarily those of conceptual clarity, precision and soundness of argumentation.
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