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Single Idea 14392
[filed under theme 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects
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Full Idea
A Fregean about existence claims would say that 'that hobbits do not exist' is nothing other than the claim that 'being a hobbit' is not exemplified.
Gist of Idea
Fregeans say 'hobbits do not exist' is just 'being a hobbit' is not exemplified
Source
Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 3.II)
Book Ref
Merricks,Trenton: 'Truth and Ontology' [OUP 2007], p.43
A Reaction
'My passport has ceased to exist' seems to be a bit more dramatic than a relationship with a concept.
The
17 ideas
with the same theme
[status of 'objects' that can't actually exist]:
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10945
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Some philosophers say that in some qualified way non-existent things 'are'
[Aristotle]
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7756
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Meinong said all objects of thought (even self-contradictions) have some sort of being
[Meinong, by Lycan]
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15781
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The objects of knowledge are far more numerous than objects which exist
[Meinong]
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21531
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Common sense agrees with Meinong (rather than Russell) that 'Pegasus is a flying horse' is true
[Lackey on Russell]
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21545
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I prefer to deny round squares, and deal with the difficulties by the theory of denoting
[Russell]
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21547
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On Meinong's principles 'the existent round square' has to exist
[Russell]
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18777
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If the King of France is not bald, and not not-bald, this violates excluded middle
[Linsky,B on Russell]
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15783
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Definite descriptions can't unambiguously pick out an object which doesn't exist
[Lycan on Quine]
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16435
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Plantinga proposes necessary existent essences as surrogates for the nonexistent things
[Plantinga, by Stalnaker]
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18948
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There is an object for every set of properties (some of which exist, and others don't)
[Parsons,T, by Sawyer]
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14617
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Predicates can't apply to what doesn't exist
[Stalnaker]
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15792
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Maybe non-existent objects are sets of properties
[Lycan]
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18852
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A Meinongian principle might say that there is an object for any modest class of properties
[Rosen]
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14392
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Fregeans say 'hobbits do not exist' is just 'being a hobbit' is not exemplified
[Merricks]
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12448
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Things that don't exist don't have any properties
[Azzouni]
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18766
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's is non-existent' cannot be said if 's' does not designate
[Anderson,CA]
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18768
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We cannot pick out a thing and deny its existence, but we can say a concept doesn't correspond
[Anderson,CA]
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