Determination and uniformity: the problem with speech-act theories of fiction

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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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Main Author:	Predelli, Stefano
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer 2017
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48211/

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