Fictions and Models: New Essays

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Philosophia (2010)
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Metaphysics as Make-Believe.Alexis Burgess
Foreword: fictions and models: new essays.Nancy Cartwright
Foreword: fictions and models: new essays.Nancy Cartwright
Fictions, inference and realism.Mauricio Suárez
Fictions, inference and realism.John Woods

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