@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Geach,Peter}, subject = {Existential Quantification}, note = {I 2ff Boy-Girl fallacy/Geach: shift of the quantifier: from "someone" to "there is a ..". >Quantification. "The Third Man" argument/Parmenides/Plato: there is an excellent man to whom we all owe our existence - so we all owe a certain man our existence. "Some girl"/Geach: one might think that here there is no specific reference. >Reference. GeachVs: there can be no "reference to an undefined girl" - there is no such creature. One must have a certain girl in mind, to use "a" -> "someone", cf. >Objects of thought, >Objects of belief, >Individuation, >Identification, >Mental objects.}, note = { Gea I P.T. Geach Logic Matters Oxford 1972 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=220032} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=220032} }