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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 4. Impossible objects

14617	Predicates can't apply to what doesn't exist [Stalnaker]
	Full Idea: Nothing can be predicated of something which does not exist.
	From: Robert C. Stalnaker (Merely Possible Propositions [2010], p.28)
	A reaction: [He says he is 'agreeing with Plantinga' on this] This seems very puzzling, as you can obviously say that dragons do not exist, but they breathe fire. Why can't you attach predicates to hypothetical objects?