Go figure: A path through fictionalism

Midwest Studies in Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 72-102

  Yablo, Stephen ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33747345463     PISSN: 03636550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4975.00040     Document Type: Article

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