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Introduction: from fiction into metaphysics; Part I. The ArtifactualTheory of Fiction: Foreword; 1. If we postulated fictional objects, whatwould they be?; 2. The nature and varieties of existential dependence; 3.Fictional characters as abstract artifacts; 4. Reference to fictionalcharacters; 5. Identity conditions for fictional characters; Part II.Ontological Decisions: Foreword; 6. Fiction and experience; 7. Fiction andlanguage; 8. Ontology and categorization; 9. The perils of false parsimony;10. An ontology for a varied world; Notes; Bibliography.