A Critical Introduction to Fictionalism

A Critical Introduction to Fictionalism

Featuring a historical survey, definitions of key terms, characterisations of important subdivisions, objections and problems for fictionalism, and contemporary fictionalist treatments of several issues, A Critical Introduction to Fictionalism is a valuable resource for students of metaphysics as we...

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Main Authors: Kroon, Fred (Author), Brock, Stuart 1968- (Author), McKeown-Green, Arthur Jonathan 1963-2015 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2019
Series:Bloomsbury critical introductions to contemporary metaphysics
Subjects:
Fictions, Theory of
Reality
Metaphysics
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Table of Contents:
  • Fiction and metaphysics
  • Existence examined
  • Supplementing existence : objectivity, mind independence and realism
  • Relegating existence : prefixing, prefacing, reducing and nonfactualism
  • From fiction to fictionalism
  • Fictionalism : a confusing past and a divided present
  • Fictionalism about fiction
  • Fictionalism : where, why, how?
  • Objections to fictionalism
  • Close cousins

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