A tale of Karma Whoring The # IWantToSoundSmartTitle fails . <| sep |> Cmonnnnn here kitty kitty kitties . I wuv you , come talk to meeeeee . <| sep |> made friends with important peoplein school or in real world ? <| sep |> Relavant to discussionmathematicsThe main argument for fictionalism proceeds essentially by trying to eliminate all of the alternatives to fictionalism . The argument can be put like this 1 . Mathematical sentences like ' 4 is even ' should be read at face value that is , they should be read as being of the form ' Fa ' and , hence , as making straightforward claims about the nature of certain objects e . g . , ' 4 is even ' should be read as making a straightforward claim about the nature of the number 4 . But 2 . If sentences like ' 4 is even ' should be read at face value , and if moreover they are true , then there must actually exist objects of the kinds that they ' re about for instance , if ' 4 is even ' makes a straightforward claim about the nature of the number 4 , and if this sentence is literally true , then there must actually exist such a thing as the number 4 . Therefore , from 1 and 2 , it follows that 3 . If sentences like ' 4 is even ' are true , then there are such things as mathematical objects . But 4 . If there are such things as mathematical objects , then they are abstract objects , i . e . , nonspatiotemporal objects for instance , if there is such a thing as the number 4 , then it is an abstract object , not a physical or mental object . But 5 . There are no such things as abstract objects . Therefore , from 4 and 5 by modus tollens , it follows that 6 . There are no such things as mathematical objects . And so , from 3 and 6 by modus tollens , it follows that 7 . Sentences like ' 4 is even ' are not true indeed , they ' re not true for the reason that fictionalists give , and so it follows that fictionalism is true .