Nota sulla semantizzazione dell'essere in Gustavo Bontadini

This article critically examines Gustavo Bontadini’s analysis of the concept of being. After presenting the philosopher’s views on the semantization of being, the article highlights some problematic points in Bontadini’s analysis, particularly the lack of distinction between being as ens and being as esse. However, if one attempts to paraphrase Bontadini’s argument regarding the contradiction of becoming by distinguishing between entity and existence, it becomes clear that this argument is widely discussed in contemporary analytic philosophy and that various responses have been attempted.