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fictionalists

fictionalists is the plural of fictionalist.

Meaning of fictionalist

Noun

fictionalist (plural fictionalists)

  1. One who subscribes to fictionalism, the belief that certain concepts are simply convenient logical fictions
    • Rather than being aimed at those who deny the existence of mathematical objects, the argument’s target is those who deny the objectivity of mathematics—in Putnam’s opinion, intuitionists and fictionalists.2007 September 28, David Liggins, “Quine, Putnam, and the ‘Quine–Putnam’ Indispensability Argument”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI

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Questions about fictionalists

What is fictionalists the plural of?
Fictionalists is the plural of fictionalist.

Words near fictionalists in the dictionary

  1. fictionalising
  2. fictionalism
  3. fictionalisms
  4. fictionalist
  5. fictionalistic
  6. fictionalists
  7. fictionalities
  8. fictionality
  9. fictionalizable
  10. fictionalization
  11. fictionalizations

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