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Mermaids exist in reality
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REFUTED
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Is it true that Mermaids exist in reality?
No. Multiple sources, including reference works, philosophical texts, and fact-checkers, confirm that mermaids are mythical creatures that do not exist in reality.
Verdict: REFUTED · 0 sources for, 12 against · Last checked
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Evidence against · 12
Fact-checker ruling: False
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Snopes: Mermaids: The Body Found. (n.d.). Snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mermaids-the-body-found/
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More against · 11
Fact-checker ruling: Satire
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AFP Fact Check: Tiktok video revives mermaid claims with footage from fictionalised.... (n.d.). AFP Fact Check. https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32KP3CM
Reference article covering this claim directly
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Wikipedia: Mermaid. (n.d.). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid
States that in reality no mermaids exist.
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Ducasse, C. J. (2015). Book: Truth, Knowledge and Causation. Routledge. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=hjysCQAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api
Classifies objects like mermaids as intentional objects that do not exist in reality.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Intentionality in Ancient Philosophy. (n.d.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/intentionality-ancient/
Notes that the statement 'mermaids exist' is of course untrue.
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Christopher, S. (1994). Cambridge University Press: Philosophy in Christian antiquity. Cambridge University Press. https://archive.org/details/philosophyinchri0000stea
Affirms that in reality, no mermaids exist.
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1881-1969, D. C. J. (n.d.). London, Routledge & K. Paul; New York, Humanities P.: Truth, knowledge and causation. London, Routledge & K. Paul; New York, Humanities P.. https://archive.org/details/truthknowledgeca0000duca
States there are no mermaids in reality.
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Adler, M. J. (1991). Collier Books: How to think about God. Collier Books. https://archive.org/details/howtothinkaboutg00adle_0
States there are no mermaids in reality.
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1902-2001, A. M. J. (1982). Bantam: How to think about God : a guide for the 20th-century pagan. Bantam. https://archive.org/details/howtothinkaboutg00adle
States there are no mermaids in reality.
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1902-2001, A. M. J. (1980). Macmillan: How to think about God : a guide for the 20th-century pagan. Macmillan. https://archive.org/details/howtothinkaboutg0000adle
Groups mermaids among legendary and mysterious creatures where myth and reality collide.
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OpenAIRE: Mysterious Creatures. (2026). OpenAIRE. https://doi.org/10.5040/9798881845216
States explicitly that with the exception of the nomenclature of sea mammals, mermaids do not exist.
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OpenAIRE: The invention of the mermaid: sea miths and winged figures in the imaginary history of the mediterranean. (2020). OpenAIRE. https://explore.openaire.eu/
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