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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Go Figure: a Path through Fictionalism' and 'Preface to 'De Revolutionibus''

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

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Fictionalism allows that simulated beliefs may be tracking real facts [Yablo]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / b. Worlds as fictions

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Governing possible worlds theory is the fiction that if something is possible, it happens in a world [Yablo]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

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Facts should be deducible from the theory and initial conditions, and prefer the simpler theory [Osiander, by Harré/Madden]