A contextualist treatment of the predicate of existence
Vol 7, No 2 (2006) • Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy
Autor: André Leclerc
Resumo:
I first give a very short characterization of contextualism in the philosophy of language; then I present the traditional debate about the question whether “exists” is a first or second order predicate, to conclude, firstly, that there is a first order as well as a second order use for that predicate, with no ambiguity, and, secondly, that the debate was couched in too restrictive terms. I defend that there is a huge variety of contexts to be scrutinized, and that a contextualist approach could be useful in that discussion. I close the paper with a critical note to what I call “serious ontology”.
ISSN: ISSN: 1984-8234
Texto Completo: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/6093
Palavras-Chave: existence as a predicate,contextualism,ontolo
Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy
The journal Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy is published once every four months by Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos.
Articles must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration for publication anywhere else and can be written in Portuguese, English or Spanish
Filosofia Unisinos - Unisinos Journal of Philosophy prints articles, translations and critical book reviews. It also reprints papers that are considered fundamental to the area when authorized written permission is given by the original publisher.