Examination of ordinary objects
Consider ordinary objects such as tables, chairs, spoons, cars. Take the chair in particular as the locus of examination. Chairs are built, used, repaired, and discarded. When asked to fetch one, there is no hesitation and no confusion. Not everything that can be spoken of succeeds in this way. Some things exist only conceptually, like unicorns. Some cannot exist even conceptually, like a bachelor’s wife. Chairs and spoons belong to neither case. ...