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Ideas for 'To be is to be the value of a variable..', 'The Nature of Necessity' and 'Parts of Classes'

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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 5. Second-Order Quantification

13671

Second-order quantifiers are just like plural quantifiers in ordinary language, with no extra ontology [Boolos, by Shapiro]

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

10267

We should understand second-order existential quantifiers as plural quantifiers [Boolos, by Shapiro]

10698

Plural forms have no more ontological commitment than to first-order objects [Boolos]

15525

Plural quantification lacks a complete axiom system [Lewis]

15518

I like plural quantification, but am not convinced of its connection with second-order logic [Lewis]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification

7806	Boolos invented plural quantification [Boolos, by Benardete,JA]