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February 15th 2025

als ob

als ob

as if (German). The phrase is associated with the thought of German philosopher Hans Vaihinger (1852–1933), who proposed that certain “fictions,” such as free will, immortality, and objective morality, should be supported and lived as if (als ob) they were true, because there is biological advantage in doing so. Vaihinger’s work influenced that of Alfred Adler.