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100	1		_aKroon, Fred and Brock, Stuart and McKeown-Green, Arthur Jonathan _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA Critical Introduction to Fictionalism
260			_aLondon _bBloomsbury Academic _c2019
300			_a265p
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
440			_aBloomsbury Critical Introductions to Contemporary Metaphysics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aFiction and metaphysics -- Existence examined -- Supplementing existence : objectivity, mind independence and realism -- Relegating existence : prefixing, prefacing, reducing and nonfactualism -- From fiction to fictionalism -- Fictionalism : a confusing past and a divided present -- Fictionalism about fiction -- Fictionalism : where, why, how? -- Objections to fictionalism -- Close cousins.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aFictions, Theory of.
650		0	_aReality.
650		0	_aMetaphysics.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aKroon, Fred, author. _tCritical introduction to fictionalism _dLondon ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2018 _z9781472506962 _w(DLC) 2018042440
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