Could Sherlock Holmes have existed?

Hanoch Ben-Yami*

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

In Naming and Necessity Kripke argued against the possible existence of fictional characters. I show that his argument is invalid, analyze the confusion it involves, and explain why the view that fictional characters could not have existed is implausible.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)175-181
Number of pages7
JournalCroatian Journal of Philosophy
Volume10
Issue number30
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • Fictional characters
  • Kripke
  • Modality

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