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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification

15156	The universal and existential quantifiers were chosen to suit mathematics [Soames]
	Full Idea: Since Frege and Russell were mainly interested in formalizing mathematics, the only quantifiers they needed were the universal and existential one.
	From: Scott Soames (Philosophy of Language [2010], 1.22)