Browsing Theses by Subject "fictionalism"
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All the World's a Stage: Fictionalism, Metaphysics, and Truth
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-22)Fictionalism has been an appealing position for many philosophers seeking to avoid controversial ontological commitments implicit in certain kinds of discourses, while also trying to account for the usefulness of those ... -
Moral Fictionalism and Moral Reasons
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)One major problem with moral discourse is that we tend treat moral utterances as if they represent propositions. But complex metaphysical problems arise when we try to describe the nature of the moral facts that correspond ...