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Author / Creator:	Kroon, Fred, author.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. ©2019
Description:	x, 265 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Bloomsbury critical introductions to contemporary metaphysics Bloomsbury critical introductions to contemporary metaphysics.
Subject:	Fictions, Theory of. Reality. Metaphysics. Fictions, Theory of. Metaphysics. Reality.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11750733

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Other authors / contributors:	Brock, Stuart, 1968- author. McKeown-Green, Arthur Jonathan, 1963-2015, author.
ISBN:	9781472509529 1472509528 9781472512888 147251288X 9781472506962 9781472513946
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"A Critical Introduction to Fictionalism provides a clear and comprehensive understanding of an important alternative to realism. Drawing on questions from ethics, the philosophy of religion, art, mathematics, logic and science, this is a complete exploration of how fictionalism contrasts with other non-realist doctrines and motivates influential fictionalist treatments across a range of philosophical issues. Defending and criticizing influential as well as emerging fictionalist approaches, this accessible overview discuses physical objects, universals, God, moral properties, numbers and other fictional entities. Where possible it draws general lessons about the conditions under which a fictionalist treatment of a class of items is plausible. Distinguishing fictionalism from other views about the existence of items, it explains the central features of this key metaphysical topic. Featuring an historical survey, definitions of key terms, characterisations of important subdivisions, objections and problems for fictionalism, and contemporary fictionalist treatments of several issues, A Critical Introduction to Fictionalism is a valuable resource for students of metaphysics as well as students of philosophical methodology. It is the only book of its kind"--
Other form:	Online version: Kroon, Fred, author. Critical introduction to fictionalism London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018 9781472506962

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