What Makes a Version of a Work a Version of That Work?

In this paper, I want to defend the following claim. There is a good chance of keeping the Meinongian account of the individuation of fictional works and applying it to the individuation of versions of such a work, provided one properly takes into account some factors characterizing the make-believe games underlying the production of such versions, namely factors characterizing having to do with the remaking of such games, in order to explain why such versions are versions of that work, not mere individual works just as any other.

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Humanities
Published
2025-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.3390/h14040082
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Child and Animal Learning Development
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What Makes a Version of a Work a Version of That Work?

Alberto Voltolini
Humanities
Child and Animal Learning Development
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What Makes a Version of a Work a Version of That Work?

Alberto Voltolini
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Abstract

In this paper, I want to defend the following claim. There is a good chance of keeping the Meinongian account of the individuation of fictional works and applying it to the individuation of versions of such a work, provided one properly takes into account some factors characterizing the make-believe games underlying the production of such versions, namely factors characterizing having to do with the remaking of such games, in order to explain why such versions are versions of that work, not mere individual works just as any other.

HumanitiesVol. 14(4)
University of Turin (IT)
Openalex Percentile: Top 94%
Child and Animal Learning Development
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