Existence and Believability.

This paper argues that true singular existentials are rationally indubitable. After the claim is clarified and motivated (Section 1), it is defended against objections inspired by Cartesian skepticism and semantic externalism (Section 2), a Fregean fine‐grained conception of propositional content (S...

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Publicado en:Pacific Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 103; no. 1; pp. 2 - 39
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Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2022
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