Single Idea 15534

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification]

Full Idea

We can quantify over Meinongian objects by quantifying for real over property bundles (such as the bundle of roundness and squareness).

Gist of Idea

We could quantify over impossible objects - as bundles of properties

Source

David Lewis (Noneism or Allism? [1990], p.159)

Book Reference

Lewis,David: 'Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology' [CUP 1999], p.159

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