This straight-forwardly begs the question. I say “What it means to exist is to be quantified over in our best scientific theories”. Your reply is basically “If you’re wrong about the definition then you’re wrong about the definition.”
Your claim was “If we are right about the definition, we are right about the definition”.
This straight-forwardly begs the question. I say “What it means to exist is to be quantified over in our best scientific theories”. Your reply is basically “If you’re wrong about the definition then you’re wrong about the definition.”
Your claim was “If we are right about the definition, we are right about the definition”.