Abstract
I argue that Amie Thomasson’s recent theory of the methodology to be applied to find the truth-conditions for claims of existence faces serious objections. Her account is based on Devitt and Sterelny’s solution to the qua problem for theories of reference fixing; however, such a solution cannot be also applied to analyze existential claims.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 543-550 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Axiomathes |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 15 Sept 2011 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund of 2011. Many thanks to Paisley Livingston and Amie Thomasson for comments on previous versions of this paper.
Keywords
- Ontology
- Existence
- Amie Thomasson
- Metaphysics
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