[Wittrs] Re: Sense of "Is"
- From: "J D" <ubersicht@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: wittrsamr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:23:09 -0000
JRS,
> Yes, very nice post, JD.
Thanks.
> Doesn't Quine say that "existence is not a predicate"?
Actually, Kant said it long before Quine and it influenced Frege's and
Russell's notations.
Lot's of little puzzles can arise around "is", yes. "The" as well, as with
Russell's Theory of Definite Descriptions.
JPDeMouy
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