Fictionalist Strategies in Metaphysics

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In Ricki Bliss & James Miller (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics. New York, NY, USA: (2020)
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Richard David Woodward
Universität Hamburg
Lukas Skiba
Universität Hamburg
Abstract
This paper discusses the nature of, problems for, and benefits delivered by fictionalist strategies in metaphysics.
Keywords Fictionalism   Modal Fictionalism  Mathematical Fictionalism  Mereological Fictionalism  Fictional Incompleteness  Brock-Rosen Objection  Inferential Safety
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