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> Jesse F. Hughes wrote:
> It is not at all so clear that logic should treat non-existent things
> as classical logic does. Sometimes, we want to reason about fictional
> characters. There is a fact of the matter about Othello's race, for
> instance. Sherlock Holmes lives in 221B Baker Street. It is false
> that he lives (lived?) elsewhere.
There is no such fact as Sherlock Holmes's living in 221B Baker Street.
The only facts there are are that /it is written/ that Holmes lives in
Baker Street and that /it is not written/ that Holmes lives in Sloane
Street.
Of course, you could call Sherlock Holmes's living in 221B Baker Street
a fictional fact or a pseudo-fact - but not a fact.
There simply are no discoverable facts concerning nonexistents.
#PH
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