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Originally Posted by A264172
exist-
1. To have actual being; be real.
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seems it's a question of the 'actuality' or the 'realness'
I've allways felt it wasn't necessarily a great idea to keep it real all the time.
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Yes. I'm under the impression that EPrime is just trying to avoid the problem. Minimize the use of 'to be' and the problem might disappear into the background.
Our language assumes that things are real (nouns) and they move or effect other things(verbs). I think this causes the questions such as "What does it mean to be real" or "How real are real things?" There doesn't seem to be any straightforward easy answer to those questions, but I see no point in covering them up, particularly since we draw distinctions all the time between more and less real things (dreams vs. material objects).
What does it mean to be? To be the subject of a meaningful true proposition????