Scientific Fictionalism and the Problem of Inconsistency in Nietzsche

Journal of Nietzsche Studies 47 (2):238-246 (2016)
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Abstract

Fictionalism plays a significant role in philosophy today, with defenses spanning mathematics, morality, ordinary objects, truth, modality, and more.1 Fictionalism in the philosophy of science is also gaining attention, due in particular to the revival of Hans Vaihinger’s work from the early twentieth century and to heightened interest in idealization in scientific practice.2 Vaihinger maintains that there is a ubiquity of fictions in science and, among other things, argues that Nietzsche supports the position. Yet, while contemporary commentators have focused on fictionalism in Nietzsche’s moral philosophy, his view of fictions in science has remained largely unexamined.3 In this article, I begin...

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Justin Remhof
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Fictionalism.Arthur Fine - 1993 - Midwest Studies in Philosophy 18 (1):1-18.
Nietzsche on truth, illusion, and redemption.R. Lanier Anderson - 2005 - European Journal of Philosophy 13 (2):185–225.

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