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4. Formal Logic / D. Modal Logic ML / 6. Temporal Logic

22433	It is important that the quantification over temporal entities is timeless [Quine]
	Full Idea: It would be hard to exaggerate the importance of recognising the timelessness of quantification over temporal entities.
	From: Willard Quine (Mr Strawson on Logical Theory [1953], IV)
	A reaction: 'Some moments in this cricket match were crucial'. The domain is not timeless, but consists of moments in this match. Can you say the quantifier is timeless but its domain is not? Only in the sense that 'very' is a timeless word, I think.