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'Logical Properties', 'On Denoting' and 'Preface to 'De Revolutionibus''
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification
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The quantifier is overrated as an analytical tool [McGinn]
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Existential quantifiers just express the quantity of things, leaving existence to the predicate 'exists' [McGinn]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 3. Objectual Quantification
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Existence is entirely expressed by the existential quantifier [Russell, by McGinn]
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'Partial quantifier' would be a better name than 'existential quantifier', as no existence would be implied [McGinn]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification
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We need an Intentional Quantifier ("some of the things we talk about.."), so existence goes into the proposition [McGinn]
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