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Re: BHA: Reality, existence, and the Santa Clause

A little more grist for the Santa mill, and recalling a point made in
various other contexts: I think Louis and Colin are slipping past the
difference between a concept and its referent.  The concept Santa is real,
but it lacks a real referent.  That lack does not make the concept
unreal; fictional, perhaps, but it still possesses causal powers.

(And has anyone seen my imaginary dog Concept?)

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Tobin Nellhaus
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"Faith requires us to be materialists without flinching": C.S. Peirce






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