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020			_a9781316648261 _qpbk.
041			_aeng
082			_a121 _bARM
100			_aArmour-Garb, Bradley
245		0	_aPretense and pathology : _bphilosophical fictionalism and its applications / _cBradley Armour-Garb and James A. Woodbridge.
260			_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2017.
300			_axii, 273 p. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_a1. Philosophical fictionalism; 2. Semantic pretense-involving fictionalism and existence-talk; 3. Propositional realism and a SPIF account of proposition-talk; 4. T-deflationism and a SPIF account of truth-talk; 5. Diagnosing and treating the Liar Paradox and other apparent alethic pathologies; 6. SPIF accounts of reference-talk and predicate-satisfaction-talk and apparent non-alethic semantic pathology; 7. Extensions and objections.
520			_aThis book examines and assesses various fictionalist approaches in philosophy, demonstrating how a specific form of philosophical fictionalism can address a broad array of traditional philosophical puzzles and paradoxes. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students in fields such as the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, logic, epistemology, linguistics, and metaphysics.
650			_aPhilosophy.
650			_aFictions, Theory of.
700			_aWoodbridge, James A.
942			_cENG
999			_c173842 _d173842