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Ideas for Melvin Fitting, George Boolos and Stephen Hetherington
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification
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'∀x x=x' only means 'everything is identical to itself' if the range of 'everything' is fixed [Boolos]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 5. Second-Order Quantification
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Second-order quantifiers are just like plural quantifiers in ordinary language, with no extra ontology [Boolos, by Shapiro]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification
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We should understand second-order existential quantifiers as plural quantifiers [Boolos, by Shapiro]
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Plural forms have no more ontological commitment than to first-order objects [Boolos]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification
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Boolos invented plural quantification [Boolos, by Benardete,JA]
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