Books by R. M. (University of Texas Sainsbury

The expanded and revised third edition of this intriguing book considers a range of knotty paradoxes including paradoxes about morals, paradoxes about belief, and hardest of all, paradoxes about truth. It is not only an explanation of paradoxes but also an excellent introduction to philosophical thinking.

Are fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes real? What can fiction tell us about the nature of truth and reality? Offering an introduction to the problem of fictionalism, this book covers the topics such as realism about fictional objects, including the arguments that fictional objects are real but non-existent.