This is the sixth handout (November 15, 4pm-6pm) of a course taught in fall 2022 on natural language ontology. The topic of this session is whether and how natural language permits reference to nonexistent objects and what notion of existence it displays.
The course website is here http://www.friederike-moltmann.com/teaching/new-course-starting-october-3-natural-language-ontology/