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On Sunday 03 March 2002 20:15, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > (Of course we could get into philosophical hot water if we debate > whether "not all" = "less than all" if "all" refers to something > that does not exist, but I'll leave that to someone else %^). The rule I have always seen is that ~A~ is equivalent to E, so "not all"/~(Ax)P is the same as "for some, not"/(Ex)~P, and therefore "not all" entails existence. But only in a strictly logical context, not in English generally. Certainly we can use "not all" in a purely fictional context, such as "Not all Klingons are bad," without suggesting that Klingons exist outside of ST. (ST is *not* a possible world, but I'm not ready to tackle those problems yet.) > lojbab -- Edward Cherlin edward@hidden.email Does your Web site work?