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[catalogued under 9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects]

Full Idea

Things that don't exist don't have any properties.

Gist of Idea

Things that don't exist don't have any properties

Source

Jody Azzouni (Deflating Existential Consequence [2004], Ch.4)

Book Reference

Azzouni,Jody: 'Deflating Existential Consequence' [OUP 2004], p.87


A Reaction

Sounds reasonable! I totally agree, but that is because my notion of properties is sparse and naturalistic. If you identify properties with predicates (which some weird people seem to), then non-existents can have properties like 'absence' or 'nullity'.