A Paradox for the Existence Predicate
In this paper, a paradox is shown to arise in the context of classical logic from prima facie highly plausible assumptions for the existence predicate as applied to definite descriptions. There are several possibilities to evade the paradox; all involve modifications in the principles of first-order...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Lodz University Press
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the Section of Logic |
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| Online Access: | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/bulletin/article/view/13602 |