Bentham’s Theory of Fictions

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Bentham’s Theory of Fictions is a scholarly work by C. K. Ogden that analyzes and presents Jeremy Bentham’s philosophical account of “fictions” in language, law, and logic.

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instanceOf book
scholarly work
about Bentham’s account of fictions in language
Bentham’s account of fictions in law
Bentham’s account of fictions in logic
logical analysis of legal concepts
philosophical analysis of fictitious entities
relation between language and ontology
semantic analysis of legal terms
utilitarian jurisprudence
academicDiscipline jurisprudence
philosophy
semantics
author C. K. Ogden
basedOn writings of Jeremy Bentham
focusesOn analysis of abstract legal terms
distinction between real and fictitious entities
logical reconstruction of legal language
role of fictions in legal systems
role of fictions in moral and political discourse
role of fictions in reasoning
genre history of philosophy
legal philosophy
philosophical literature
hasContributor Jeremy Bentham
hasPerspective historical analysis of Bentham’s philosophy
interpretive study of Bentham’s manuscripts
systematic reconstruction of Bentham’s theory of language
hasTheoreticalFramework analytic philosophy of language
utilitarianism
intendedAudience historians of ideas
scholars of legal theory
scholars of philosophy
students of Jeremy Bentham
language English
mainSubject Jeremy Bentham
logic
philosophy of language
philosophy of law
theory of fictions
relatedTo analytic jurisprudence
legal positivism
ontology of abstract objects
theory of meaning
utilitarian ethics

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C. K. Ogden authorOf Bentham’s Theory of Fictions