Single Idea 10926

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 1. Quantification]

Full Idea

If to a referentially opaque context of a variable we apply a quantifier, with the intention that it govern that variable from outside the referentially opaque context, then what we commonly end up with is unintended sense or nonsense.

Gist of Idea

Quantifying into referentially opaque contexts often produces nonsense

Source

Willard Quine (Reference and Modality [1953], §2)

Book Reference

Quine,Willard: 'From a Logical Point of View' [Harper and Row 1963], p.148

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