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Existential Generalization

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From Fa, derive (∃x)Fx. What's true of a named thing is true of something.

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Ms, therefore (∃x)Mx. Socrates is mortal, so something is.

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EG is as generous as UI. The two generalizations differ wildly in strictness; the two instantiations do too — crosswise.