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Single Idea 10787

[filed under theme 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being ]

Full Idea

Being itself has been viewed as referent of the verb 'to be'.

Gist of Idea

Is being just referent of the verb 'to be'?

Source

Ruth Barcan Marcus (Nominalism and Substitutional Quantifiers [1978], p.162)

Book Ref

'Philosophy of Logic: an anthology', ed/tr. Jacquette,Dale [Blackwell 2002], p.162