Annals of the Japan Association for Philosophy of Science
Online ISSN : 1884-1228
Print ISSN : 0453-0691
ISSN-L : 0453-0691
Deflationary Existence
Takashi YAGISAWA
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2014 Volume 22 Pages 1-16

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I propose and defend a surprisingly simple yet useful analysis of existence, according to which existence is a relation between a thing and a set: a thing x bears the relation of existence to a set S if and only if x is a member of S. This simple set-theoretic analysis of existence demystifies existence and is powerful and flexible enough to serve important theoretical purposes.

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