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[from 'Replies on 'Limits of Abstraction'' by Kit Fine, in 5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 5. Second-Order Quantification ]

Full Idea

We are tempted to ask of second-order quantifiers 'what are you quantifying over?', or 'when you say "for some F" then what is the F?', but these questions already presuppose that the quantifiers are first-order.

Gist of Idea

If you ask what F the second-order quantifier quantifies over, you treat it as first-order

Source

Kit Fine (Replies on 'Limits of Abstraction' [2005])

Book Reference

-: 'Philosophical Studies' [-], p.379