@article {1244, title = {Is Fictional Reference Rigid?}, journal = {Organon F}, volume = {22}, number = {1}, year = {2015}, pages = {145-168}, type = {State}, abstract = {Are ordinary proper names rigid when they occur in fictional discourse? In previous work (García-Carpintero 2010a) I have argued that they are not, at least when we consider the core case of textual fictional discourse, and also the case, dependent on it, of paratextual fictional discourse. From a perspective on such discourse which{\textemdash}on my reading of Koťátko (2004) and (2013){\textemdash}I understand to be not far away from mine, Petr Koťátko (2010) argues that they are not: {\textquotedblleft}proper names remain rigid designators in Kripke{\textquoteright}s sense ... even if transferred from {\textquoteleft}everyday{\textquoteright} communication to literary texts{\textquotedblright} (op. cit., 94). After explaining how I understand the relevant concepts in the first section, I{\textquoteright}ll critically take up Petr{\textquoteright}s arguments in the second.}, keywords = {fiction, fictional reference, reference, rigid designators}, url = {http://www.klemens.sav.sk/fiusav/doc/organon/prilohy/2015/1/145-168.pdf}, author = {Garc{\'\i}a-Carpintero, Manuel} }