Why Substitutional Quantification Does Not Express Existence

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Theory and Decision 50:67-75 (1987)
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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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