Existence Exists? What is your opinion?

Posted by Solver 14 years ago to Philosophy
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The simple statement, “Existence Exists,” is the foundation of Ayn Rand's Objectivism. This statement seems valid to me but some say it is untrue, while others say it is a meaningless tautology.

What is your opinion?

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  • Posted by Svenb 13 years, 12 months ago
    Everyone here is right.

    It's necessary to acknowledge that existence exists because without that abstract, one can't form a single concrete, and then how can you live at all?
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  • Posted by vicensi15 14 years ago
    How could existence not exists? I just don't really understand how it could be otherwise...
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  • Posted by $ jmlesniewski 14 years ago
    There's no such thing as a "meaningless" tautology. The meaning is identifying a concept.

    For this topic, the purpose of identifying the tautology is because some people do say it's untrue. To them I say, if existence doesn't exist, what does?
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