Communities of Dialogue Russian and Ukrainian Émigrés in Modernist Prague

Repository | Series | Book | Chapter

148766

Quantifiers and bound variables

Richard Cobb-Stevens

pp. 51-75

Abstract

Frege's argument-function model for predication and his theory of quantification are among the few really new ideas introduced into philosophy since the time of the Greeks. His critique of the traditional account of predication and his invention of the quantifier-variable notation for expressing generality revolutionized both logic and ontology.1 Before discussing the ontological implications of his new interpretation of the logical structure of the world, it will be helpful to clarify the relationship between his argument-function model and his account of quantification, and to consider some of the paradoxes engendered by his extensional logic.

Publication details

Published in:

Cobb-Stevens Richard (1990) Husserl and analytic philosophy. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 51-75

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-1888-7_4

Full citation:

Cobb-Stevens Richard (1990) Quantifiers and bound variables, In: Husserl and analytic philosophy, Dordrecht, Springer, 51–75.