Praetorius, N. (2002b) Basic Conditions for Knowledge and Description of Real Things vs. Fictional Entities. Psycoloquy, 13(022).

TY - JOUR

T1 - Praetorius, N. (2002b) Basic Conditions for Knowledge and Description of Real Things vs. Fictional Entities. Psycoloquy, 13(022).

AU - Praetorius, Nini

PY - 2002

Y1 - 2002

N2 - In his review, Hutto suggests that meaningful and true claims about "fictional entities", and entities which in retrospect prove to be "fictional", seem to question the generality of "the principle of the correctness of knowledge and language". By sorting out some misunderstandings of the "Correctness Principle", and clarifying the conditions for description and knowledge of "real" vs. "fictional" entities, I hope to show that the Correctness Principle does indeed apply to knowledge and description of both "real" and "fictional" entities.

AB - In his review, Hutto suggests that meaningful and true claims about "fictional entities", and entities which in retrospect prove to be "fictional", seem to question the generality of "the principle of the correctness of knowledge and language". By sorting out some misunderstandings of the "Correctness Principle", and clarifying the conditions for description and knowledge of "real" vs. "fictional" entities, I hope to show that the Correctness Principle does indeed apply to knowledge and description of both "real" and "fictional" entities.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - Cognition, Language, Reality, Facts, Fictional Entities, Conventions, Truth, History of Science, Scientific Theorising.

M3 - Journal article

VL - 13

JO - Psycoloquy (Online)

JF - Psycoloquy (Online)

IS - 022

ER -