McLeod, Stephen K ORCID: 0000-0003-1457-2942
(2011)
First-order logic and some existential sentences.
Disputatio, 4 (31).
pp. 255-270.
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Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>‘Quantified pure existentials’ are sentences (e.g., ‘Some things do not exist’) which meet these conditions: (i) the verb EXIST is contained in, and is, apart from quantificational BE, the only full (as against auxiliary) verb in the sentence; (ii) no (other) logical predicate features in the sentence; (iii) no name or other sub-sentential referring expression features in the sentence; (iv) the sentence contains a quantifier that is not an occurrence of EXIST. Colin McGinn and Rod Girle have alleged that standard first-order logic cannot adequately deal with some such existentials. The article defends the view that it can.</jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | ## TULIP Type: Articles/Papers (Journal) ## |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Colin McGinn, existence, existentials, logic, quantification, Rod Girle |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 14 Oct 2016 14:18 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 07:29 |
DOI: | 10.2478/disp-2011-0012 |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3003776 |