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Full Idea
It is common now, and throughout the history of philosophy, to interpret modal operators as quantifiers. This is an analysis of modality in terms of ontology.
Gist of Idea
Modal operators are usually treated as quantifiers
Source
Stewart Shapiro (Philosophy of Mathematics [1997], Intro)
Book Ref
Shapiro,Stewart: 'Philosophy of Mathematics:structure and ontology' [OUP 1997], p.16