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Fiction and Fictionalism
A fictionalist theory is a theory that concerns a particular sphere of discourse, and is meant to encompass three theoretical virtues: a naturalistic ontology; an antirevisionary attitude concerning our discursive practices; and the ability to foster semantic uniformity across discursive spheres. …
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Error theory after J.L Mackie: Contemporary error theorists’ arguments
… if error theory is true with his theory of moral fictionalism. Olson also formulates a queerness theory that is known as the argument from normative irreducibility. Olson also provides an answer for the consequences if error theory is true with his theory on conservationism. Finally, Bart Streumer …
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Nominalism In Mathematics - Modality And Naturalism
… (Chihara's Constructibility Theory, Field's fictionalism, and Hellman's Modal Structuralism). Chapter two provides an analysis of Shapiro's criticism, and a partial response to it. A response is provided in full in chapter three, in which I argue that reducing modality does not provide a …