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Negative existence statements: Kripke, Strawson, and topic noun phrases

  • Jay David Atlas is Peter W. Stanley Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Philosophy at Pomona College. He is the author of numerous articles in philosophy of language and two books: Logic, Meaning, and Conversation and Philosophy Without Ambiguity.

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The paper focuses on the treatment of existential statements (including negative existentials), and critically engages Kripke's recent (2013) volume of John Locke lectures. It discusses Kripke's views, reaches some obvious conclusions about their theoretical adequacy, and contrasts Kripke's analysis with that of Atlas, comparing their adequacy as theories of the linguistic phenomena.


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Jay David Atlas

Jay David Atlas is Peter W. Stanley Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Philosophy at Pomona College. He is the author of numerous articles in philosophy of language and two books: Logic, Meaning, and Conversation and Philosophy Without Ambiguity.

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