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 des...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yablo, Stephen
Outros Autores: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico 2021
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130278