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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

6063	Russell can't attribute existence to properties [McGinn on Russell]
	Full Idea: Russell's view makes it impossible to attribute existence to properties, and this would have to be declared ill-formed and meaningless.
	From: comment on Bertrand Russell (On Denoting [1905]) by Colin McGinn - Logical Properties Ch.2
	A reaction: This strikes me as a powerful criticism, used to support McGinn's view that existence cannot be analysed, using quantifiers or anything else.