Categorical Propositions and Existential Import: A Post-modern Perspective

History and Philosophy of Logic 42 (4):307-373 (2021)
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This article examines the traditional and modern doctrines of categorical propositions and argues that both doctrines have serious problems. While the doctrines disagree about existential imports...

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10.1080/01445340.2021.1932400

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