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Kant argued that existence is not a real predicate that adds to the concept of an object.
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Is it true that Kant argued that existence is not a real predicate that adds to the concept of an object?
Yes. Scholarly sources confirm that Kant famously argued that existence is not a real predicate or property that adds to the concept of an object.
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Explicitly states that Kant concluded existence is not a separate property or real predicate of an object.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Existence. (n.d.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/existence/
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