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    It is not the case that If 'p' and 'q' have genuine sentential status sufficient to fill argument-slots, substitutional quantification must be available, yet substitutional quantification collapses truth-functional logic into mere syntactic manipulation without genuine semantic content.

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    • 1.Substitutional quantification can preserve semantic content: substituting meaningful sentences for variables maintains reference and truth-conditions throughout.
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    • 2.Truth-functional logic has genuine semantic properties—truth-value assignments and satisfaction conditions—that are not reducible to syntactic manipulation.
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    • 3.The claim conflates the *mechanism* of substitutional quantification with the *interpretation* of logical systems; semantic content doesn't require objectual domains.
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    • 1.Substitutional quantification interprets quantifiers via variable substitution rather than domain objects, reducing semantics to syntactic rules.
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    • 2.Truth-functional logic treating propositions as mere formulas without reference to worldly facts or truth-conditions becomes purely formal manipulation.
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    • 3.If sentential variables truly represent propositions, we need semantic grounding beyond syntax; substitution alone cannot provide this grounding.
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