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As we have seen, Concretism comes in two flavors, neither of them vanilla. The Relentless Meinongian simply refuses to explicate either the inclusive quantifier “(∃x) M ” or the more restricted actuality operator, while Mature Lewis equates “(∃x) M ” with our own perfectly serious use of “There exists” but then explicates “actual” in terms of spatiotemporal dislocation.
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Lycan, W.G. (1994). Against Concretism. In: Modality and Meaning. Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0936-9_4
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