But if 'K' is a predicate that applies collectively, then the plural quantification "there are some things such they are Ks" is committed to Ks in a distinctively plural way that, in general, cannot be captured in terms of its ontological commitments.
For example, the mereological nihilist who holds that "there are simples arranged chairwise" is thereby ontologically committed only to simples, not to any plural entity containing simples; but she is also committed, in an irreducibly plural way, to there being simples arranged chairwise.
Plural quantification is ontologically innocent according to Boolos: to refer to some things plurally some books, for example—is not to refer to a plural entity a set, or set-like entity, with books as members but to refer to the things the books themselves in an irreducibly plural way.
In talking about his younger son's career, Renardo Sr. occasionally slips into the first-person plural, in the way that agents often do.
With the positive – there was no need for a plural – out the way, Johnson turned his attention to the content of the chancellor's statement.
Halakhah, also spelled Halakha, Halakah, or Halachah (Hebrew: "the Way"), plural Halakhahs, Halakhot, Halakhoth, or Halachot, in Judaism, the totality of laws and ordinances that have evolved since biblical times to regulate religious observances and the daily life and conduct of the Jewish people.
Most poetry appeals to the senses (yes, plural) in some way so as to help the reader become more fully immersed in the text.
Most poetry appeals to the senses (yes, plural) in some way, in order to help the reader become more fully immersed in the text.
(Unless you go round the – very – long way) krona plural kronor (Sweden); krona plural kronur (Iceland); krone plural kroner (Denmark); krone plural kroner (Norway) krugerrands Ku Klux Klan kukri Gurkha knife kung fu KwaZulu-Natal Kwik Fit Kyrgyzstan adjective Kyrgyz Kyrie Eleison A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.
Given its connection to the possibility of plural and incompatible ways of life, the concept of value incommensurability also plays a role in many accounts of political liberalism, including Joseph Raz's account (1986) and Isaiah Berlin's account (1969).
The argument is very simple: If you are or have the potential to become divine, and divinity is corporeal, then plural marriage is the way to create as much potential saints, prophets and Gods as possible.
