By your reasoning what’s the status of
“all wives of John have red hair”
“a wife of John has red hair”
Assuming John remains unmarried, 1 is true and 2 is false. But, “the youngest wife of John” fails to denote, and the claim that this nonexistent entity has red hair is meaningless. That is my story, and I’m sticking to it.
By your reasoning what’s the status of
“all wives of John have red hair”
“a wife of John has red hair”
Assuming John remains unmarried, 1 is true and 2 is false. But, “the youngest wife of John” fails to denote, and the claim that this nonexistent entity has red hair is meaningless. That is my story, and I’m sticking to it.