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[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification ]

Full Idea

Since Frege and Russell were mainly interested in formalizing mathematics, the only quantifiers they needed were the universal and existential one.

Gist of Idea

The universal and existential quantifiers were chosen to suit mathematics

Source

Scott Soames (Philosophy of Language [2010], 1.22)

Book Ref

Soames,Scott: 'Philosophy of Language' [Princeton 2010], p.23