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Full Idea
Our modern general concept of an object is given content only in connection with modern quantificational logic.
Gist of Idea
The modern concept of an object is rooted in quantificational logic
Source
Øystein Linnebo (Plural Quantification Exposed [2003], §2)
Book Ref
-: 'Nous' [-], p.78
A Reaction
[He mentions Frege, Carnap, Quine and Dummett] This is the first thing to tell beginners in modern analytical metaphysics. The word 'object' is very confusing. I think I prefer 'entity'.
| 10778 | Can second-order logic be ontologically first-order, with all the benefits of second-order? [Linnebo] |
| 10779 | A comprehension axiom is 'predicative' if the formula has no bound second-order variables [Linnebo] |
| 10781 | A 'pure logic' must be ontologically innocent, universal, and without presuppositions [Linnebo] |
| 10782 | The modern concept of an object is rooted in quantificational logic [Linnebo] |
| 10783 | Plural quantification depends too heavily on combinatorial and set-theoretic considerations [Linnebo] |