Yes, it does, since you are talking about it. — Banno
How about the term "exist"?how we use the term "such-and-such". — Banno
You are asking the wrong question. — Banno
In your sense, fairies on mars exist as much as my nose. — hypericin
Who made you arbiter of right and wrong questions? — hypericin
In your sense, fairies on mars exist as much as my nose.
— hypericin
Yep. Both may be the. subject of a predicate. — Banno
"Well, I don't want any to-day, at any rate."
"You couldn't have it if you did want it," the Queen said. "The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day."
"It must come sometimes to 'jam to-day'," Alice objected.
"No, it can't," said the Queen. "It's jam every other day: to-day isn't any other day, you know."
"I don't understand you," said Alice. "It's dreadfully confusing!"
To say "This rock exists" is saying something about the rock. Can this same something be said of the rock of yesterday or tomorrow? — hypericin
Going back to your own question, "Can something be said of the rock of yesterday or tomorrow?", the answer remains "yes". — Banno
In your sense, fairies on mars exist as much as my nose. — hypericin
Yep. Both may be the. subject of a predicate. — Banno
Of all the philosophical ubiquities, the most tedious is "does such-and-such really exist?"
Yes, it does, since you are talking about it. — Banno
To say "This rock exists" is saying something about the rock. Can this same something be said of the rock of yesterday or tomorrow? — hypericin
Of all the philosophical ubiquities, the most tedious is "does such-and-such really exist?"
Yes, it does, since you are talking about it. — Banno
Things in the past existed, things in the present exist, and things in the future will exist. — Michael
On the other hand if "yesterday's rock", "today's rock", and "tomorrow's rock" refer to the same object [or region of space-time], and if that object [or region not only] exists [but also temporally overlaps your p.o.v.], then yesterday's rock [not only] exists [but also overlaps] and tomorrow's rock [not only] exists [but also overlaps]. — Michael
Perhaps a more relevant question would be "does the [temporally overlapping part of the] rock exist with the properties [that existing but temporally non-overlapping parts of] it [have]had in the past and/or will have in the future"? — Michael
where Fx means "x is a fairy". — Michael
which is also saying something, but not the same something, — Mww
which says something about this rock but does not say the same thing — Mww
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