TheAncientGeek comments on Hedonium's semantic problem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 16 April 2015 10:19:59AM * 0 points [-]

But I also think that without that effort being made what "Santa exists" will communicate is exists(S).

Yes, The not-exists(S) is explicit, in "there is no Santa ", the exists(N) is implicit in the fact that listener and speaker understood each other.