Fictionalism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fictionalism is a noun meaning (philosophy) The doctrine that certain concepts are simply convenient fictions.
Meaning
(philosophy) The doctrine that certain concepts are simply convenient fictions.
Example Sentences
But it seems to me that modal fictionalism is also incredible: normally we do not think that there are countless theories and stories besides the ones we will ever tell, much less that they are infinitely complex and infinitely long and so that it would be humanly impossible to tell them.
Word Forms
- fictionalisms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fictionalist, deflationism, concretism, factualist, actualism, conceptualist.
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