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... of ontological disputes. 41 These are the applications of quantifier variance with which readers are most likely familiar. Most discussions of quantifier variance in the literature on metaontology have concerned its antiontological applications. But, as I hope to have made clear, quantifier deflationism...

... and Realism: Essays in Metaontology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. xvi þ 261 pp. Quantifier Variance and Realism: Essays in Metaontology collects twelve of Eli Hirsch’s papers on the nature of ontology. The papers date back to 1978, but the vast majority (nine) were written this millennium...

... and Realism: Essays in Metaontology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. xvi þ 261 pp. Quantifier Variance and Realism: Essays in Metaontology collects twelve of Eli Hirsch’s papers on the nature of ontology. The papers date back to 1978, but the vast majority (nine) were written this millennium...

... and Realism: Essays in Metaontology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. xvi þ 261 pp. Quantifier Variance and Realism: Essays in Metaontology collects twelve of Eli Hirsch’s papers on the nature of ontology. The papers date back to 1978, but the vast majority (nine) were written this millennium...

... and Realism: Essays in Metaontology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. xvi þ 261 pp. Quantifier Variance and Realism: Essays in Metaontology collects twelve of Eli Hirsch’s papers on the nature of ontology. The papers date back to 1978, but the vast majority (nine) were written this millennium...

..., 2013 DOI 10.1215/00318108-1963734 Eli Hirsch, Quantifier Variance and Realism: Essays in Metaontology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. xvi þ 261 pp. Quantifier Variance and Realism: Essays in Metaontology collects twelve of Eli Hirsch’s papers on the nature of ontology. The papers date...