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WHY HOBBITS CANNOT EXIST

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2009

Ben Kotzee  and
J.P. Smit
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Abstract

Kotzee and Smit explain why, if unicorns don't exist, then they could not possibly have existed. In fact, even if horned horses were discovered somewhere, they would not necessarily be unicorns. The key to understanding why this is so lies in understanding how so-called natural kind terms function.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 8 , Issue 21 , Spring 2009 , pp. 29 - 36
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2009

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Nature's flores Man pages are at: http://www.nature.com/nature/focus/flores/Google Scholar
Kripke, Saul, Naming and Necessity (Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1980).Google Scholar