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dc.contributor.authorToon, A
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-06T14:12:16Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-10
dc.description.abstractMental fictionalism is the view that, even if mental states do not exist, it is useful to talk as if they do. Mental states are useful fictions. Recent philosophy of mind has seen a growing interest in mental fictionalism. To date, much of the discussion has concerned the general features of the approach. In this paper, I develop a specific form of mental fictionalism by drawing on Kendall Walton’s work on make-believe. According to the approach I propose, talk of mental states is a useful pretence for describing people and their behaviour. I try to clarify and motivate this approach by comparing it to well-known alternatives, including behaviourism, instrumentalism and eliminativism. I also consider some of the challenges that it facesen_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under Grant agreement No. 331432.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 99, Iss. 3, pp.280-295en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/monist/onw005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/22419
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherHegeler Instituteen_GB
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dc.rightsThis is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.
dc.titleFictionalism and the folken_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.identifier.issn0026-9662
dc.identifier.journalThe Monisten_GB


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