The Philosophy of 'as If'
A System of the Theoretical, Practical and Religious Fictions of Mankind
Hans Vaihinger
Published: 1924
Pages: 370
"The present translation is based upon the definitive sixth edition of the original, revised for the purpose by the author ... Professor Vaihinger's own account of his life-work and of the spirit in which The philosophy of `as if' was written has been added by way of general introduction"--p. [vi].