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Quine and Quantified Modal Logic
The textbook
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like history of analytic philosophy is a history of myths, r
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ceived views and dogmas. Though mainly the last few years have witnessed a huge
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unt of historical work that aimed to reconsider our narratives of the history of an
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lytic philosophy there is still a lot to do.
The present study is meant to present such
a micro story which is still quite untouched by historians. According to the receiv
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view Kripke has defeated all the arguments of Quine against quantified modal logic and
thus it became a respectful tool for philosophers. If we accept the historical interpret
ation of the network between Quine, Kripke and modal logic, which is to be pre
sented
here, we have to conclude that Quine’s real philosophical animadversions against the
modalities are still on the table: though Kripke has provided some important (formal
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logical) answers, Quine’s animadversions are still viable and worthy of further
consider
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