Why Substitutional Quantification Does Not Express Existence

Theory and Decision 50:67-75 (1987)
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Abstract

Fundamental to Quine’s philosophy of logic is the thesis that substitutional quantification does not express existence. This paper considers the content of this claim and the reasons for thinking it is true.

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Philip Hugly
University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Charles Sayward
University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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