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Universality and Intensions

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Universalizability

Part of the book series: Synthese Library ((SYLI,volume 141))

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Consider two groups of intensional propositions:

  1. 1.

    (a) Every father is a parent; (b) The discovery of radioactivity was made by a woman; (c) There are people who are professional politicians.

  2. 2.

    (a) Either Socrates is a philosopher or it is not the case that Socrates is a philosopher; (b) Marie Curie-Sklodowska is a woman; (c) Jimmy Carter is a professional politician.

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© 1979 D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland

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Rabinowicz, W. (1979). Universality and Intensions. In: Universalizability. Synthese Library, vol 141. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9484-3_15

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