Fictionalism.

The article focuses on different aspects that need to be kept in mind when it comes to fictionalism. As mentioned, the metaphysics of fiction cannot be taken for granted and fictionalism invokes a non realist metaphysics thus making it more realistic then fiction. It also mentions that assumptions m...

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Published in:Analysis Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 147 - 163
Main Author: Bourne, Emily Caddick
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Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jan2013
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