Interpreting quantification

Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 5 (1-4):252 – 259 (1962)
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Abstract

Alternative readings of quantification are considered. The absence of an unequivocal translation into ordinary speech is noted. Some examples are cited which, in the opinion of the author, are a result of equivocal readings of quantification, or unnecessarily restrictive readings which obscure its primary function

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Extensionality.Ruth Barcan Marcus - 1960 - Mind 69 (273):55-62.

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