Explaining away Singular Non-existence Statements
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4914923 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karel Lambert (0000-0003-0577-9191, University of Alberta, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 381-389 |
| Publication date | 1963-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300039275 |
| OpenAlex | W2992662753 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Nowhere in philosophy is there a more persistent kind of nuisance statement than the singular negative existential. Examples of this sort of statement are the descriptional statement(1) The teacher at Sleepy Hollow doesn't exist,and the referential statement(2) Ichabod Crane doesn't exist.Statements denying existence to a specific object have bothered philosophers from Parmenides to Ryle and Quine. Their high nuisance value rests in a simple paradox they generate. The paradox may be phrased as follows
Arithmetic · Calculus (dental) · Epistemology · Existentialism · Linguistics · Object (grammar) · Quine · Simple (philosophy) · sort · Statement (logic) · Statistics · Value (mathematics) · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1966 - 1966 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |