Against fantology again

Ingvar Johansson

pp. 25-43

in: Leo Zaibert (ed), The theory and practice of ontology, Berlin, Springer, 2016

Abstract

The term "fantology" has not yet (August 2016) entered The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the world's most up-to-date philosophical dictionary. This being so, one has to ask: what is fantology? Barry Smith, who coined the term, starts his paper "Against Fantology" by introducing it with this paragraph:

Cited authors

Smith Barry