Do a thing have to exist for you to know it, or does er you know it? It depends on your knowing that a thing exists. The sun has intrinsic existence. How do you know? I don't need to know if it hastintinsic existence, but how do you claim that? A we sas a philosophical stateent buc philosophica. Any statement has to be grounded. What is your justification for making a statement? So for example, you us the word son yes, it is a meaningful word. It's a common word. Why is it common? Because it is to somthing which is the son,. Which is both knowable and knowsable.