Re: Athiests; a question.
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I do see what you're trying to do, but I think you failed. When a man dies, he ceases to exist. Therefore, dead men don't exist except in memories, photographs, or by some other mnemonic means.
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Wouldn't his attempt be an equivocation fallacy? "Exist" is doing double duty. a)as a conscious, thinking entity. b) as a rock or dead body. Same word does not mean same concept.
So, George doesn't exist. His body may if the worms are slow. My memory of him may ( in a different meaning again of 'to exist'.)
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