How Ficta Follow Fiction

- Acknowledgements. Introduction. Glossary

Part I The Metaphysical Side
1. The committal theories (I)
2. The committal theories (II)
3. The syncretistic theory

Part II The Semantic Side
4. Further developments of the syncretistic theory
5. The noncommittal theories
6. The syncretistic theory

Part III The ontological side
7. An ontological argument in favor of the existence of fictional entities

- Bibliography

From the reviews: "In How Ficta Follow Fiction,Voltolini presents us with one of the richest and most ingenious defences of fictional entities (ficta)." (Eros Corazza, Carleton University, in dialectica Vol. 63 (1), 2009, book symposium on A. Voltolini's How Ficta Follow Fiction) "The book will be very useful for all those who want to have a guided overview of the state of the art in the field, and very helpful if used as a main text for an introductory graduate course." (Manuel García-Carpintero, University of Barcelona, in dialectica Vol. 63 (1), 2009, book symposium on A. Voltolini's How Ficta Follow Fiction) "This book is extremely well written and the issues clearly set before the reader. I happily recommend this work. It provides genuine food for thought and is a must for students, specialists and anyone interested in fiction, the philosophy of language, or metaphysics." (Alex Orenstein, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY, in The Review of Metaphysics) "[...] one can't but be impressed by the quality of Voltolini's contribution to the question he sets out to discuss in the book." (Frederick Kroon, University of Auckland, in Australasian Journal of Philosophy) "[How Ficta Follow Fiction] is a paradigm of excellent philosophy and sets a new benchmark in the discussion of fictional objects." (Anthony Everett, Bristol University, in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews) "How Ficta Follow Fiction is divided in three parts. ... Voltolini's work is an outstanding contribution to the debate in the ontology of fiction, and a must reading for any interested in the topic. More than this, it is a deep and original book, filled with bold positions and provocative insights on a host of different themes in metaphysics and the philosophy of language." (Giuseppe Spolaore, in Epistemologia Vol. 30 (2), 2007)