Fictionalist Strategies in Metaphysics

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This paper discusses the nature of, problems for, and benefits delivered by fictionalist strategies in metaphysics.

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Richard David Woodward
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Lukas Skiba
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Fictionalism.Matti Eklund - 2010 - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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