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are two aspects of a single principle, for instead of saying that '(x(x=x)' implies 'Socrates is Socrates', we could as well say that the denial 'Socrates≠Socrates' implies '(∃x(x≠x)'. The principle embodied in these two operations is the link between
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and the singular statements that are related to them as instances. Yet it is a principle only by courtesy. It holds only in the case where a term names and, furthermore, occurs
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I am reading Quine at the moment (quintessence, extensionalism, Reference and Modality. From this I would like to add to this article:
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Ok, since no one has seen fit to leave any comments at all, I will edit the article now.
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is tacitly universally quantified, this looks ok. However, another example would be
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Quine,W.V.O., Quintessence, Extensionalism, Reference and Modality, P366
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