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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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223583

Quantification

Jaroslav Peregrin

pp. 76-105

Abstract

We have seen that from the viewpoint of model theory, statements formed by means of logical operators can be simply eliminated with the help of a couple of recursive constraints reducing satisfaction of such statements to satisfaction of their substatements. The idea flowing from this is to handle quantificational statements analogously; to find analogous recursive constraints for quantificational statements. Attempting this, though, we immediately face a problem — quantificational statements do not in general contain substatements, at least not in the overt way those formed by means of logical operators do.

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Peregrin Jaroslav (1995) Doing worlds with words: formal semantics without formal metaphysics. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 76-105

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-015-8468-5_5

Full citation:

Peregrin Jaroslav (1995) Quantification, In: Doing worlds with words, Dordrecht, Springer, 76–105.