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| Existential Quantification - Psychology Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| Existential quantification, logic: formalizing the statement that in a specified domain there is at least one object with a certain property. The quantification consists of a quantifier "(∃x)" "for some x", a variable for objects "x" and one or more variables for the predicates F, G ... - The quantification does not claim the existence of the properties ascribed. See also universal quantification, quantification, quantifiers, logic, second order logic, HOL, schematic letters, predicates._____________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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| Field, Hartry | Existential Quantification | Field, Hartry | |
| Geach, Peter | Existential Quantification | Geach, Peter T. | |
| Wittgenstein, Ludwig | Existential Quantification | Wittgenstein, Ludwig | |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2023-06-02 | |||
