Existential import and an unnecessary restriction on predicate logics

DOI10.1080/01445340.2017.1376182zbMATH Open1428.03009OpenAlexW2762218343WikidataQ58526999 ScholiaQ58526999MaRDI QIDQ5207920FDOQ5207920

Authors: George Boger 

Publication date: 14 January 2020

Published in: History and Philosophy of Logic (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01445340.2017.1376182

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Classical first-order logic (03B10)

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