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Arbitrary reference
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Two fundamental rules of reasoning are Universal Generalisation and Existential Instantiation. Applications of these rules involve stipulations (even if only implicitly) such as 'Let n be an arbitrary number' or 'Let John be an arbitrary Frenchman'. Yet the semantics underlying such stipulations are far from clear. What, for example, does 'n' refer to following the stipulation that n be an arbitrary number? In this paper, we argue that 'n' refers to a number-an ordinary, particular number suc...
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- Journal:
- PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES
- Volume:
- 158
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- 377-400
- Publication date:
- 2012-04-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1573-0883
- ISSN:
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0031-8116
- Source identifiers:
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220783
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- English
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pubs:220783
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uuid:86b9db7f-e295-401a-bc44-8b0b81d9dd99
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- pubs:220783
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- 2012-12-19
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