Fictionalism in philosophy / Bradley Armour-Garb and Frederick Kroon.

Fictionalism in philosophy / Bradley Armour-Garb and Frederick Kroon.

9780190689636 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

English

1 online resource.

BC199.F5 F54 2020

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This volume collects some of the most up-to-date work on philosophical fictionalism - the idea that a notion of pretense or fiction can help resolve certain puzzles or problems in philosophy. After a detailed discussion in the work's introductory chapter of how philosophers should think of fictionalism and its connection to metaontology more generally, the remaining chapters provide readers with arguments for and against this view from leading scholars in the fields of epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, and others.

This volume collects some of the most up-to-date work on philosophical fictionalism - the idea that a notion of pretense or fiction can help resolve certain puzzles or problems in philosophy. After a detailed discussion in the work's introductory chapter of how philosophers should think of fictionalism and its connection to metaontology more generally, the remaining chapters provide readers with arguments for and against this view from leading scholars in the fields of epistemology, ethics, metaphysics, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, and others.

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