BSA Conference on Fictional Characters

December 15, 2015 - December 16, 2015
University of Southampton

Southampton
United Kingdom

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Fictional characters have received unprecedented philosophical attention in last few years including the publication of the following monographs: Thomasson’s (1999) Fiction and Metaphysics, Priest’s (2005) Towards Non-Being, Azzuoni’s (2010) Talking About Nothing, Crane’s (2013) The Objects of Thought, Everett’s (2013) The Nonexistent, and the long awaited release of Kripke’s (2013) Reference and Existence. Despite the progress made by the above authors, there is still no consensus as to the best approach to the problem of fictional characters. The proposed conference, by bringing together some of those working in detail on the topic, seeks to highlight where there is agreement and what needs to be done to address the remaining problems.

Speakers

  • Catharine Abell (Manchester), 'How to create a fictional character'
  • Tim Crane (Cambridge), 'On the sameness and difference of fictional characters and other non-existent objects'
  • Anthony Everett (Bristol), TBA
  • Stacie Friend (Birkbeck), 'To Be or Not to Be a Fictional Character'
  • Luke Manning (Auburn), 'Creating Fictional Objects'
  • Jérôme Pelletier (Brest and Jean Nicod), 'Fictional Characters in Art'
  • Enrico Terrone (Le Collège d'études mondiales), 'Twofileness: Fictional Characters as Generators of Mental Files'
  • Naomi Thompson (Leeds), 'Rethinking Fictional Irrealism'
  • Alberto Voltolini (Turin), 'How to Vindicate (Fictional) Creationism'
  • Lee Walters (Southampton), 'Fictional Characters: Represented or Representation?'

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This conference is being organized in accordance with the British Philosophical Association / Society for Women in Philosophy Good Practice Guidelines on Conferences and Seminar Series.

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