A contextualist treatment of the predicate of existence

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  • André Leclerc

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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”.

Key words: existence as a predicate, contextualism, ontology, philosophy of language.

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2021-06-04

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LECLERC, A. A contextualist treatment of the predicate of existence. Filosofia Unisinos / Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, São Leopoldo, v. 7, n. 2, p. 113–125, 2021. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/6093. Acesso em: 10 may. 2025.

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