Full Idea
There is a problem over 'de re' modality (as contrasted with 'de dicto'), as in ∃x□x. What is meant by '"it is analytic that Px" is satisfied by a', given that analyticity is a notion that in the first instance applies to complete sentences?
Gist of Idea
De re modality seems to apply to objects a concept intended for sentences
Source
John P. Burgess (Philosophical Logic [2009], 3.9)
Book Reference
Burgess,John P.: 'Philosophical Logic' [Princeton 2009], p.68
A Reaction
This is Burgess's summary of one of Quine's original objections. The issue may be a distinction between whether the sentence is analytic, and what makes it analytic. The necessity of bachelors being unmarried makes that sentence analytic.