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Actually, the basis for this argument comes from the fact that by using the word ""Pegasus"", you have established a referant.  The word itself is it.  I.e., using the name automatically implies the existence of a concept behind it; additionally, there is NO way for a person to declare a concept NOT to exist, for in order to declare its nonexistence, it must exist.  Thus, any referent thus used must, circularly, exist.  "