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Full Idea
Ontological 'cheaters' are those ne'er-do-well metaphysicians (such as presentists, phenomenalists, or solipsists) who refuse to countenance a sufficiently robust conception of the fundamental to underwrite the truths they accept.
Gist of Idea
Your metaphysics is 'cheating' if your ontology won't support the beliefs you accept
Source
Theodore Sider (Writing the Book of the World [2011], 08.4)
Book Ref
Sider,Theodore: 'Writing the Book of the World' [OUP 2011], p.154
A Reaction
Presentists are placed in rather insalubrious company here, The notion of 'cheaters' is nice, and I associate it with Australian philosophy, and the reason that was admired by David Lewis.