Abstract
The direct fiction view of scientific models is an attempt at offering a viable answer to the questions about the nature of scientific models and about the way in which these models represent their intended targets. I will first present the claims that purport to show the superiority of this account over the indirect approaches and I will then show in what respects these claims fail to deliver on their promises.
Worse yet, direct fictionalism does not appear to be an account of scientific modeling and if taken to be one, then it seems contradictory in its own terms. I will also argue that the direct fictionalism fails to enlighten the scientific practice of modeling and should be rejected on those grounds.