[lit-ideas] Re: Beg to differ, say, about fractals

  • From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:15:26 -0800

Eric Yost wrote
The right triangle, from before any beginning, was a set of relations such that the truth of a-squared+b-squared=c-squared, in reference to right triangles, was always the case.
However Donal also certainly knows that the word "exists" is not a predicate, nor are its verb-form declensions meaningful verbs. (Ask Robert Paul, which I have already done by asking you to do so.) "Contrite unicorns exist."
The questions seems to be, "Where does the truth of a-squared+b-squared=c-squared, in reference to right triangles, exist?"
When it comes to the question of whether 'existence' is a predicate, I'm easy. Certainly, contrary to what (I think) Eric says, it's a grammatical predicate, and the following exchange violates no rules of logic or decorum. 

'Do snow leopards exist?'

'Yes, they exist.'

Here are some recent bulletins.

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existence/

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/nonexistent-objects/

Robert Paul
The Reed Institute
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