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    It is not the case that On the fictionalist view, (P) is strictly speaking untrue.

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    • 1.A sentence can be 'strictly speaking untrue' as a literal assertion yet still express a true proposition under a paraphrase that eliminates abstract reference.
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    • 2.Hartry Field's fictionalism preserves the nominalistically acceptable content of mathematical claims without requiring those claims to be literally true.
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    • 3.Therefore, the fictionalist need not hold that (P) fails to convey accurate information—only that its surface form misleads about ontological commitment.
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    • 1.Jody Azzouni argues that singular terms can be 'ontologically non-committing' even when they successfully refer, undermining the inference from reference to existence.
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    • 2.If reference does not entail existence, then a sentence referring to Gness is not automatically untrue merely because Gness lacks being in the nominalist's inventory.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.(P) talks about the property of Gness.
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    • 2.According to nominalism, there is no such thing as Gness.
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    • 3.A sentence that refers to a non-existent entity is strictly speaking untrue.
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