@inbook{ebc2a2afa153453f85e1eb6002ebc48e,
title = "Existence As a Real Property",
abstract = "What does existence consist in, if it is not what the Parmenidean takes it to be? Here comes a non-Parmenidean approach. To begin with, “exists” is a predicate of individuals just like the others – a predicate for real, not only from the point of view of our ordinary language{\textquoteright}s surface grammar. It is a predicate in the same sense that “eats”, “flies”, and “is a man” are. The modo materiali, ontological counterpart of the semantic thesis, is that existence is a genuine, non-blanket property of individuals, just as the properties of eating, flying, being a man.",
keywords = "Bare Plural, Causal Feature, Causal Power, Existential Quantifier, Fictional Character",
author = "Francesco Berto",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2013, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1007/978-94-007-4207-9_4",
language = "English",
series = "Synthese Library",
publisher = "Springer Science and Business Media B.V.",
pages = "61--83",
booktitle = "Synthese Library",
address = "Germany",
}