Why hobbits cannot exist

Think 8 (21):29-36 (2009)
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Kotzee and Smit explain why, if unicorns don't exist, then they could not possibly have existed. In fact, even if horned horses were discovered somewhere, they would not necessarily be unicorns. The key to understanding why this is so lies in understanding how so-called natural kind terms function

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Ben Kotzee
University of Birmingham
J. P. Smit
University of Stellenbosch

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