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SALIS, Fiora Fictional Reports: A Study on the Semantics of Fictional Names THEORIA. Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia, vol. 25, núm. 2, 2010, pp. 175- 185 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea Donostia-San Sebastián, España

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I A Study in Scarlet Sherlock Holmes smokes a pipe

II Φ Φ A Study in Scarlet Φ

Φ the unique intelligent English detective who lives at 221B Baker Street smokes the pipe n deficient incomplete the pipe smoker the intelligent detective living at 221B Baker Street Φ a priori Φ

Assertion

Φ a priori Φ n δ being called ‘n’ w kc i i δ there exist at least three individuals F(a) ∃x,y (x ≠y) F(a) F c δ being called ‘Socrates’ c5 i j i j cw F(a) The Metamorphosis S c w c w

Φ Ψ γ1 γ2 cw γ1 being transformed into a beetle in c w γ1 cw γ2 be- ing transformed into a cockroach in c w γ2 cw γ1 γ2 causal descriptivism n t t n Romeo and Juliet

III A Study in Scarlet K K

K K K A Study in Scarlet Sherlock Holmes K S S that what the sentence says

Russellian an- notated matrices A Study in Scarlet F(n): i n j F gn jF g j n m gn jF gm jF F(n) A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet vice versa L N E f N ∈ f n1… n n∈ ∈ f f(n 1) f(n n) ∈ f f presemantic uses of context

uses of a name

A Study in Scar- let j e n ∩ ∩∈ ∈ f gn je F x x F 8. An utterance of ∩ ∈ ∈ f g A Study in Scarlet A Study in Scarlet ∩ ∈ ∈ f g A Study in Scarlet A Study in Scarlet ∩ ∈ ∈ f A Study in Scarlet

∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩∩ ∈ ∈ f g The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩ ∩∩ ∈ ∈ f g The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis.

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REFERENCES Noûs Meaning and Necessity. A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic Philosophical Studies Australasian Journal of Philosophy Nature of Fiction The Varieties of Reference Philosophical Stu- dies Lectures on Literature

Truth, Fiction, and Literature: A Philosophical Perspective Synthese American Philosophical Quarterly Approaches to natural language Themes From Kaplan Naming and Necessity Australasian Journal of Philosophy Reference and Reflexivity American Philosophical Quarterly Analysis Propositional Attitudes: An Essay on Thoughts and How We Ascribe Them Mind Reference without Referents Noûs Syntax and Semantics 9. Mimesis as Make-Believe: On the Foundations of the Representational Arts

Fiora SALIS is a PhD student at LOGOS-University of Barcelona and is writing a thesis on the semantics of fictional names.

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