In Ricki Bliss & James Miller (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics. New York, NY, USA: (2020)
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This paper discusses the nature of, problems for, and benefits delivered by fictionalist strategies in metaphysics.
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Keywords | Fictionalism Modal Fictionalism Mathematical Fictionalism Mereological Fictionalism Fictional Incompleteness Brock-Rosen Objection Inferential Safety |
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Composition as a Fiction.Gideon Rosen & Cian Dorr - 2002 - In Richard Gale (ed.), The Blackwell Companion to Metaphysics. Blackwell. pp. 151--174.
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