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Single Idea 10784

[filed under theme 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / a. Ontological commitment ]

Full Idea

Whenever there's speech it has to be about something. It's impossible for it not to be about something.

Gist of Idea

Whenever there's speech it has to be about something

Source

Plato (The Sophist [c.359 BCE], 262e)

Book Ref

Plato: 'Complete Works', ed/tr. Cooper,John M. [Hackett 1997], p.286

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A Reaction

[Quoted by Marcus about ontological commitment] The interesting test case would be speech about the existence of circular squares.