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06 March, 2020

Mistake is to Myth What Pretense is to Fiction: A Reply to Goodman.

Philosophia 45(3): 1275–1282. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11406-017-9812-5. Abstract In this reply I defend Kripke’s creationist thesis for mythical objects (Reference and Existence, 2013) against Jeffrey Go). I argue that Goodman has mistaken the basis for when mythical abstracta are created. Contrary to Goodman I show that, as well as how, Kripke’s theory consistently retains the analogy between creation of mythical objects and creation of fictional objects, while also explaining in what way they differ.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn
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10 October, 2022

Symposium on the ethics of economic ordeals: Introduction

Economics and Philosophy 37 Abstract Economic ordeals are allocation mechanisms that impose non-financial ‘deadweight costs to qualify for a transfer’ (Nichols and Zeckhauser 1982: 372). Examples include

Type of publication: Journal articles | Herlitz, Anders , & Nir Eyal
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28 August, 2020

Explaining health disparities between heterosexual and LGB adolescents by integrating the minority stress and psychological mediation frameworks: Findings from the TRAILS study

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49(9), 1767–1782. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10964-020-01206-0 Abstract Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents experience elevated levels of inteN

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11 January, 2016

History of the Institute

Throughout history, people have consulted everything from oracles to crystal balls in order to predict the future. But it was not until the 1960s that interest developed in a more systematic study of

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