Any use of the copula in Philosophy: … am, are, (are); … be, being, been; ..

Any use of the copula in Philosophy:
… am, are, (are);
… be, being, been;
… is, was, were.
– equals “sorta, kinda, like because I dunno”
If you can’t state it operationally w/o copula, in full sentences, complete transactions, it’s not philosophy -it’s sophistry: fraud.