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'To be is to be the value of a variable..', 'English as a Formal Language' and 'Three Grades of Modal Involvement'
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification
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Objects are the values of variables, so a referentially opaque context cannot be quantified into [Quine]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 5. Second-Order Quantification
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Second-order quantifiers are just like plural quantifiers in ordinary language, with no extra ontology [Boolos, by Shapiro]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 6. Plural Quantification
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We should understand second-order existential quantifiers as plural quantifiers [Boolos, by Shapiro]
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Plural forms have no more ontological commitment than to first-order objects [Boolos]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification
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Boolos invented plural quantification [Boolos, by Benardete,JA]
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