Fiction and fictionalism /
by Mark Sainsbury.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- xix, 243 p. ; 24 cm.
- New problems of philosophy .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index.
Introduction -- What is fiction? -- Realism about fictional objects -- Fictional objects are nonexistents -- Worlds and truth : fictional worlds, possible worlds, and impossible worlds -- Fictional entities are abstract artifacts -- Irrealism : fiction and intentionality -- Some fictionalists -- Fictionalism about possible worlds -- Moral fictionalism -- Retrospect.