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15520 | Existence doesn't come in degrees; once asserted, it can't then be qualified [Lewis] |
Full Idea: Existence cannot be a matter of degree. If you say there is something that exists to a diminished degree, once you've said 'there is' your game is up. | |
From: David Lewis (Parts of Classes [1991], 3.5) | |
A reaction: You might have thought that this was so obvious as to be not worth saying, but as far as I can see it is a minority view in contemporary philosophy. It was Quine's view, and it is mine. |