Full Idea
In accordance with the Barcan Formula we assume that if it is possible that Wittgenstein should have had a child, then something or other is possibly Wittgentein's child.
Clarification
Wittgenstein had no children
Gist of Idea
BF implies that if W possibly had a child, then something is possibly W's child
Source
Ori Simchen (The Barcan Formula and Metaphysics [2013], §5)
Book Reference
-: 'Theoria' [-], p.20
A Reaction
Put like this it sounds unpersuasive. What is the something or other? Someone else's child? A dustbin? A bare particular? Wittgenstein's child? If it was the last one, how could it be Wittgenstein's child while only possibly being that thing?