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    Challenges→The above proof of the intermediate value result can be read either as a syntactic derivation from the axioms or as a semantic argument

    If the proof's validity depends on the intended interpretation of quantifiers over all subsets, then the semantic reading is doing essential work that the syntactic reading cannot replicate.

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    Key Terms

    Subsets(as used in set theory and logic)
    Smaller collections taken from a larger collection; for example, all red cars are a subset of all cars.
    doing essential work(as used in philosophical analysis)
    Playing a necessary role that cannot be replaced or skipped—something that is crucial to making something else true or possible.
    proof validity(as used in logic)
    Whether an argument's reasoning is logically correct and follows proper rules of reasoning, so that if the starting claims are true, the conclusion must be true.
    quantifiers(the logical form Russell said descriptions should take)
    Words like 'all,' 'some,' and 'none' that express how many things we're talking about; Russell argued that phrases like 'the king of France' should be understood using these quantity-words rather than as simple names.

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    semantic reading(as used in philosophy of language)
    An interpretation based on the actual meaning of words and symbols—what they refer to in the real world or in our understanding.
    syntactic reading(as used in philosophy of language)
    An interpretation based only on the structure and rules of a symbol system or language, without worrying about what the symbols actually mean.

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