Nonexistence and Aboutness: The Bandersnatches of Dubuque
Holmes exists is false. How can this be, when there is no one for the sentence to misdescribe? Part of the answer is that a sentence’s topic depends on context. The king of France is bald, normally unevaluable, is false qua description of the bald people. Likewise Holmes exists is false qua descrip...
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
2020-09-01
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