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=                            Fictionalism                            =
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                             Introduction
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Fictionalism is the view in philosophy according to which statements
that appear to be descriptions of the world should not be construed as
such, but should instead be understood as cases of "make believe", of
pretending to treat something as literally true (a "useful fiction").


                               Concept
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Fictionalism consists in at least the following three theses:
# Claims made within the domain of discourse are taken to be
truth-apt; that is, true or false