Aims to explore the philosophical problems regarding the logical status of empty (singular) terms such as 'Pegasus', 'Batman', 'The impossible staircase departs in Escher's painting 'Ascending-Descending'+ etc, and regarding sentences which deny the existence of singled-out fictional entities.
| ISBN: | 9780792343882 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 1997 |
| Author: | A Chakrabarti |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 260 pages |
| Series: | Synthese Library |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of language Philosophy: logic Philosophy: aesthetics Semiotics / semiology Philosophical traditions and schools of thought |