Existence and Predication: Some Obervations
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2021-03
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Philosophical Papers Journal of Department of Philosophy
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Padhi, Laxmikanta
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University of North Bengal
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Barman, D. (2021). Existence and Predication: Some Obervations. Philosophical Papers Journal of Department of Philosophy, XVII, 148–156. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/4081
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Barman, Dipankar
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The problem concerning the predication of existence has been a controversial
issue in the philosophy of language and logic. The trace of this problem, of course, is
found in Plato’s Theatetus, where he remarked onthe first elements that “[e]ach of
them just by itself can only be named; we cannot attribute to it anything further or say
that it exists or does not exist…”(Cornford,1935, 201E-202, p. 143).
Notwithstanding, the problem came in light duly from Descartes’ Ontological
Argument as to God’s existence....
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XVII
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148 - 156