One problem with this view, at least as a defense of the modal quantifier account, is that it requires an invidious distinction between different sorts of analytic entailment; for, although ‘∃x Parent(x)’ is not committed to children according to the modal quantifier criterion, ‘∃x Bachelor(x)’ is committed to males. The chief problem, however, with accepting a criterion that omits implicit ontological commitments is that it undermines the philosophical use of the criterion. Surely, the implicit