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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification

12798	Plurals can in principle be paraphrased away altogether [Quine]
	Full Idea: By certain standardizations of phrasing the contexts that call for plurals can in principle be paraphrased away altogether.
	From: Willard Quine (Word and Object [1960], §19)
	A reaction: Laycock, who quotes this, calls it 'unduly optimistic', but I presume that it was the standard view of plural reference until Boolos raised the subject.