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| W.V.O. Quine - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| W.V.O. Quine (1908-2000), American philosopher and logician in the analytic tradition. His major works include From a Logical Point of View (1953) and Word and Object (1960). His fields of specialization were philosophy of language, epistemology, metaphysics, and logic.
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| Quantification: is a function within the predicate logic, in which a property is attributed to an object yet to be determined. A) Existence quantification e.g. (Ex) (Fx) "At least one object x is F". It is assumed that the object denoted by x exists. B) Universal quantification (notation (x) ...) "For all x applies ...". Both forms of quantification can be negated, covering most of the everyday cases. In addition, a subject domain must be chosen, within which the statements that result from the insertion of objects are meaningful. See also existence, non-existence, existence assumption, existence predicate, universal quantification, existence quantification, domains, opacity, intensional objects._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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| Bigelow, John | Quantification | Bigelow | |
| Cresswell, Maxwell J. | Quantification | Cresswell | |
| Field, Hartry | Quantification | Field | |
| Frege, Gottlob | Quantification | Frege | |
| Grover, D. L. | Quantification | Grover, D. L. | |
| Kamp, Hans | Quantification | Kamp | |
| Prior, Arthur N. | Quantification | Prior | |
| Quine, W.V.O. | Quantification | Quine | |
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