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Existence, philosophy, logic: the fact that there is something to which properties can be attributed. That does not mean that something has to be given immediately or can be perceived by the senses. See also ontology, properties, predicates, existence statements, realism, quantification, ascription.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Gottlob Frege on Existence - Dictionary of Arguments

Read III 153
Existence/Frege: existence is a second order property. Property of a property: is having an example.
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Frege II 57
Existence/sense/meaning/subordinate clause/subsentence/Frege: e.g. "After Schleswig-Holstein was cut off from Denmark, Prussia and Austria quarreled." The cutting off is not part of the sense - it is rather a prerequisite for the whole sentence to makes sense.
>Fregean sense, >Fregean meaning, >Sense, >Meaning, >unsaturated; cf. >Non-existence.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

F I
G. Frege
Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik Stuttgart 1987

F II
G. Frege
Funktion, Begriff, Bedeutung Göttingen 1994

F IV
G. Frege
Logische Untersuchungen Göttingen 1993

Re III
St. Read
Thinking About Logic: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Logic. 1995 Oxford University Press
German Edition:
Philosophie der Logik Hamburg 1997

F IV
G. Frege
Logische Untersuchungen Göttingen 1993


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