THE ATLAS OF THE REALITY TUNNEL

The Philosophy of "As If"

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A systematic defence of useful fictions: propositions we know to be false but keep because acting as if they were true produces better results than the alternatives.

The respectable philosophical grandparent of model agnosticism, and of the "reality tunnel you can put on and take off".

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sephirahdaat

whyHeld knowledge that declines to become belief.

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fictionalism · as if · kant

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