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Full Idea
Maybe plural quantifiers should themselves be understood in terms of classes (or sets).
Gist of Idea
Maybe plural quantifiers should be understood in terms of classes or sets
Source
Stewart Shapiro (Philosophy of Mathematics [1997], 7.4)
Book Ref
Shapiro,Stewart: 'Philosophy of Mathematics:structure and ontology' [OUP 1997], p.235
A Reaction
[Shapiro credits Resnik for this criticism]