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> Paul Holbach wrote:
> 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.
In other words, we /represent/ or /characterize/ Sherlock Holmes as a
detective living in 221B Baker Street, but in fact Sherlock Holmes /is
not/ a detective living in 221B Baker Street.
#PH
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