Preface |
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1 Philosophical fictionalism |
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1 | (38) |
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1.1 Two species of fictionalism |
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1 | (4) |
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1.2 Some important aspects of fiction (or, a minor foray into philosophy of fiction) |
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5 | (3) |
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1.3 Concerns with comparative fictionalism qua fictionalism |
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8 | (3) |
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1.4 The central tenets of fictionalism |
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11 | (7) |
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1.5 From comparative fictionalism to philosophical fictionalism |
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18 | (12) |
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1.6 Philosophical fictionalism and other distinctions within fictionalism |
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30 | (9) |
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2 Semantic pretense-involving fictionalism and existence-talk |
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39 | (38) |
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2.1 Make-believe, representational aids, and partially pretend claims |
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39 | (5) |
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2.2 Language-world connections, long-arm conceptual roles, and M-conditions |
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44 | (6) |
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2.3 Types of pretense in partially pretend claims |
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50 | (5) |
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2.4 Pragmatic PIF and its problems |
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55 | (5) |
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2.5 Prior SPIF accounts and the Engagement Complaints |
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60 | (4) |
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2.6 Our SPIF account of existence-talk |
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64 | (13) |
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3 Propositional realism and a SPIF account of proposition-talk |
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77 | (39) |
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3.1 Propositions and proposition-talk |
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77 | (2) |
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3.2 Benacerraf's challenges as problems for propositions |
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79 | (5) |
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3.3 Our SPIF account of proposition-talk |
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84 | (29) |
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3.4 Our SPIF account of proposition-talk and Benacerraf's challenges |
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113 | (3) |
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4 T-deflationism and a SPIF account of truth-talk |
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116 | (36) |
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4.1 Understanding T-deflationism |
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116 | (3) |
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4.2 From mathematical fictionalism to truth-theoretic fictionalism |
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119 | (11) |
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4.3 Our SPIF account of truth-talk |
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130 | (20) |
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4.4 Conclusions for truth-talk |
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150 | (2) |
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5 Diagnosing and treating the Liar Paradox and other apparent alethic pathologies |
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152 | (41) |
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5.1 Unearthing (apparent) semantic pathology |
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152 | (2) |
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5.2 Pretense and meaninglessness |
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154 | (3) |
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5.3 Meaninglessness and understanding |
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157 | (4) |
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5.4 Meaninglessness, generalization, and denial |
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161 | (2) |
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5.5 Semantic characterization and s-defectiveness |
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163 | (2) |
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5.6 S-Defectiveness and liar sentences |
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165 | (3) |
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5.7 Replies to further potential revenge concerns |
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168 | (12) |
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5.8 Extended apparent alethic pathology |
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180 | (7) |
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5.9 Diagnosing and treating extended apparent alethic pathology |
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187 | (3) |
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190 | (3) |
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6 SPIF accounts of reference-talk and predicate-satisfaction-talk and apparent non-alethic semantic pathology |
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193 | (31) |
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6.1 Our SPIF account of reference/denotation-talk |
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193 | (9) |
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6.2 Our SPIF account of predicate-satisfaction-talk |
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202 | (3) |
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6.3 Apparent non-alethic semantic pathology revealed |
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205 | (5) |
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6.4 Diagnosing and treating apparent non-alethic semantic pathology |
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210 | (12) |
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6.5 Conclusions for reference/denotation-talk and predicate-satisfaction-talk |
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222 | (2) |
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7 Extensions and objections |
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224 | (35) |
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224 | (17) |
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241 | (3) |
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7.3 Circularity worries and putative restrictions on fictionalism |
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244 | (7) |
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7.4 A challenge to our dissolution of apparent semantic pathology |
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251 | (7) |
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258 | (1) |
Bibliography |
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259 | (8) |
Index |
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