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BPFK Section: gadri


> U: But unlike {la meripapnz na zasti} {lo pavyseljirna na zasti} seems to be
> false, since Mr. Unicorn exists whether or not any manifestations of him do.

Mr. Unicorn is as inexistent as Mary Poppins.
{lo pavyseljirna na zasti} simply means "Unicorns don't exist"
in the same way that {la meripapnz na zasti} means "Mary Poppins
does not exist".

To understand the meaning of {lo pavyseljirna na zasti} you need
to know what {lo pavyseljirna} means in the same way that you need
to know what {la meripapnz} means to understand {la meripapnz na zasti}.
That the meanings of both those expressions "exist" doesn't imply that
there are real objects in the world that respond to them.
There is no distinction in principle between Mary Poppins and
Mr Unicorn.

mu'o mi'e xorxes





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