Substantive logics of fiction. Part IV: Jacek Paśniczek’s logic of fiction Cover Image

Przedmiotowe logiki fikcji. Część IV: Logika fikcji J. Paśniczka
Substantive logics of fiction. Part IV: Jacek Paśniczek’s logic of fiction

Author(s): Jacek Gurczyński
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Wojciech Krysztofiak; Jacek Paśniczek; fictional objects; logic of fiction; Meinongian logic

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents Jacek Paśniczek’s Meinongian logic of fiction. First, it discusses the syntactical and semantical requirements for the logic of fiction. This system is a modification of classical logic and in its basic version is a first order calculus with a proof of completeness. It al-lows the apprehension of features characteristic of fictional objects – ontological incompleteness and a double structure of predication. Since there is a distinction between predicational and propo-sitional negation in the system, it can also apprehend inconsistent objects. Not only does it make it possible to discuss the phenomenon of fiction within fiction, but also to avoid Clark’s paradox. Paśniczek’s system is one of the best and most adequate logics of fiction.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 81-97
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish