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Full Idea
It may be that plural reference gives atomism the resources to state complex facts without needing to refer to complex things.
Gist of Idea
Plural reference will refer to complex facts without postulating complex things
Source
Keith Hossack (Plurals and Complexes [2000], 1)
Book Ref
-: 'British Soc for the Philosophy of Science' [-], p.413
A Reaction
This seems the most interesting metaphysical implication of the possibility of plural quantification.