MAKING BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO VULCANO

Authors

  • Sagid Salles Programa de Pós-Graduação Lógica e Metafísica da UFRJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v20i2.37530

Keywords:

singular negative existentials, make-believe theories, the problem of semantic motivation.

Abstract

My goal in this paper is to present and analyze some versions of make-believe theories for singular negative existentials. I will quickly present Evans’ perspective and, in greater detail, the perspectives of Kroon and Walton. I will claim that neither Evans nor Walton provide the right account of the phenomenon of singular negative existentials, and that Kroon’s perspective is better than both. However, I will argue that the three theories have the same problem, which I call the problem of semantic motivation.

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Author Biography

Sagid Salles, Programa de Pós-Graduação Lógica e Metafísica da UFRJ

Graduado pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto e mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação Lógica e Metafísica da UFRJ (PPGLM). Atualmente no doutorado também pelo PPGLM, com sanduíche na Universidade de Miami. Suas áreas de interesse são filosofia da linguagem e metafísica, com pesquisa atual sobre o problema filosófico da vagueza.

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Published

2016-03-06

How to Cite

SALLES, Sagid. MAKING BELIEVE THAT THERE IS NO VULCANO. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 20, n. 2, p. 171–196, 2016. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v20i2.37530. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/37530. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2015): Fluxo contínuo da Revista

Section

Artigos Originais

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