Full Idea
It is implausible that a claim asserting that a thing fails to exist is made true by - and so is appropriately about - some other, existing thing.
Gist of Idea
It is implausible that claims about non-existence are about existing things
Source
Trenton Merricks (Truth and Ontology [2007], 3.V)
Book Reference
Merricks,Trenton: 'Truth and Ontology' [OUP 2007], p.64
Related Idea
Idea 18917 Existence and nonexistence are characteristics of the world, not of objects [Engelbretsen]