FOM: Re: Arbitrary Objects

[charles silver]

    I made a few annoying blunders in my original post, which I wish to
correct.

    First, the exact title is _Reasoning with Arbitrary Objects_ (*not* just
_Arbitrary Objects_).
There are a couple of minor typos that I'll ignore, but I see I failed to
complete one important sentence quoted from Fine's book.   He wishes "to
claim, not only that a form of the theory [of arbitrary objects] is
defensible, but also that it is extremely valuable.  In application to a
wide variety of topics -- the logic of generality, the use of variables in
mathematics, the role of pronouns in natural language -- the theory provides
explanations that are as good as those of standard quantification theory,
and sometimes better." (p.6)

    Sorry for the mistakes.

Charlie