Question

Along with a negative equivalent, this property is rejected as a “characterizing property” by noneists (“nun-ists”) like Richard Sylvan. A paper about this property by W. V. O. Quine discusses the “Plato’s beard” problem, which he argues causes it to be ascribed too frequently. According to Alexius (-5[1])Meinong (“MY-nong”), it is possible for objects (10[1])to have being but lack this property, (10[1])a status used by later scholars to define his namesake jungle. Nominalists reject the idea that universals have this property. In predicate logic, some object with this property is indicated with a backwards capital “E.” Materialists believe that only matter has this property. For 10 points, name this quality of objects that are not imaginary. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: existence [or reality; or word forms like “existing” or “being real”; accept existential quantifier; accept being until read] (The Quine paper is titled “On What There Is.”)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ben SterlingYale ANYU A45-5
Nathan ZhangCornell CColumbia B5110
Forrest WeintraubColumbia ARutgers A5810
Arjun BothraHaverfordRowan A11410
Eshan PantNYU AYale A11410

Summary

2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y4100%0%25%84.25