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    It is not the case that A proposition with an empty subject idea is trivially false.

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    • 1.Meinong's theory of objects holds that non-existent objects (golden mountains, round squares) can still serve as genuine referents grounding meaningful predication.
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    • 2.If Meinongian subsistence allows empty-seeming subject ideas to genuinely denote objects beyond existence, the subject idea is not truly empty and the falsity claim loses its footing.
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    • 3.Russell's own paraphrase strategy shows 'The present king of France is bald' is false for substantive logical reasons, not trivially, undermining the triviality component of Bolzano's claim.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Free logic (Lambert, van Fraassen) demonstrates that propositions with empty singular terms need not receive a truth value at all, rendering them neither true nor false.
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    • 2.If propositions with empty subject ideas lack truth value rather than bearing falsity, Bolzano's trivial falsity claim commits a category error by presupposing bivalence without justification.
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    • 1.Bolzano's truth condition requires the subject idea of a proposition to be non-empty for the proposition to be true.
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    • 2.When the subject idea is empty, the truth condition cannot be satisfied.
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