Determination and uniformity: the problem with speech-act theories of fiction
Taking inspiration from Searle’s ‘The Logic of Fictional Discourse’, this essay presents an argument against different versions of the so-called ‘speech act theory of fiction’. In particular, it argues that a Uniformity Argument may be constructed, which is additional to the Determination Argument c...
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Springer
2017
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48211/ |