Or, to put the point the other way round, if we don't think that linguistically-based reasons such as the availability of an (apparently) true quantified sentence like (14) commit us to bizarre entities like Nappy, we should not think that such reasons commit us to fictional entities either.
Bizarre entities -- beating hearts, people with trees for heads -- haunt the landscape.
Senator Richard C. Shelby, Republican of Alabama and chairman of the Intelligence Committee said: "The president's statements criticizing the conduct of the prosecution, as if it was conducted by an entity beyond his control, was bizarre to say the least.
Another tumour entity, which is special, is the bizarre parosteal osteochondromatous proliferation also known as Nora's lesion, which is usually encountered on the surfaces of bones in hands and feet [ 13, 22].
A hung man talking in the corner of the room, and some of the most bizarre experiences may include up to a dozen 'critter' entities (think Gremlins movie) laughing and talking about me.
If I can exist in a bizarre situation (doing drugs spiritually in BC with mostly strangers) as a single entity without any worries or desires, I am legitimately content with myself.
"I've had years of bizarre hallucinogenic magical experiences in which I believed I had communicated with entities that may well have been disassociated parts of my own personality or conceivably some independent entity of a metaphysical nature," he muses.
In his sui generis fictions, Ellison erected alternate (and often bizarre) worlds populated by characters that ranged from telepathic canines to malignant artificial intelligence entities.
But then, retreating somewhat from this bizarre and unwarranted conclusion, Wittgenstein wished to exclude certain functions, particularly functions on propositions or related entities, from the doctrine; these favoured functions he calls 'operators' (5.251).
