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| 9471 | Intensions are creatures of darkness which should be exorcised |
| Full Idea: Intensions are creatures of darkness and I shall rejoice with the reader when they are exorcised. | |||
| From: Willard Quine (Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudes [1955], §II) | |||
| A reaction: Quine seems to be in a diminshing minority with this view. For 'intensions' read 'meanings', presumably. |