Ideas from 'Go Figure: a Path through Fictionalism' by Stephen Yablo [2001], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Things: Philosophical Papers vol. 2' by Yablo,Stephen [OUP 2010,978-0-19-926649-0]].

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

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Fictionalism allows that simulated beliefs may be tracking real facts

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

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Governing possible worlds theory is the fiction that if something is possible, it happens in a world