Dispensing with Facts, Substances, and Structures

American Philosophical Quarterly 60 (1):49-61 (2023)
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Despite the alleged roles played by structures, substances, and facts in mathematical and metaphysical theorizing, in this paper I provide a strategy to dispense with them. It is argued that one need not be committed to the existence of these posits nor with the metaphysically inflationary interpretations that support them. An alternative, deflationary approach is then sketched.

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