24.500 S0522 the expanded version spelt out [second pass] I claim that Oscar is in a position to argue, [from the armchair], as follows: 1 if my word water is meaningful, semantically simple, and I intend to use water to refer to a natural kind, then water exists 2 my word water is meaningful 3 water is semantically simple 4 I intend to use water to refer to a natural kind* therefore 5 water exists *this might make (3) redundant; in any case, (4) raises tricky issues
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