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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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205374

Varieties of fiction operators

Alberto Voltolini

pp. 199-210

Abstract

In (2014), Mark Sainsbury has claimed, first, that there is a variety of fiction operators, in particular the "according to f"- operator and the "in f"- operator, whose semantic contribution to the complex sentences they contribute to generate is different, and second, that no worlds-based semantical treatment works for any of them. In this paper, I want to hold that, when suitably reinterpreted, Sainsbury is utterly right as to his first claim, yet just partially right as to his second claim.

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Capone Alessandro, Carapezza Marco, Lo Piparo Franco (2019) Further advances in pragmatics and philosophy II: theories and applications. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 199-210

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00973-1_11

Full citation:

Voltolini Alberto (2019) „Varieties of fiction operators“, In: A. Capone, Carapezza & F. Lo Piparo (eds.), Further advances in pragmatics and philosophy II, Dordrecht, Springer, 199–210.