According to the Modern View of Existential Import, Do Singular

question 42

Multiple Choice

According to the modern view of existential import, do singular propositions have existential import?

• A)No, since they are treated like universal propositions.
• B)No, since the subject is not a class of things, and therefore we cannot ask whether referents of the subject class exist.
• C)No, since the subject is always a thing with its own name, and therefore must exist.
• D)Yes, since on the modern view, all categorical propositions have existential import.
• E)Yes, since the proposition can only be true if the subject exists.

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