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Of course, the idea of God (just as any other utterly general, metaphysical idea) may be said to be "extralogical," in that it is beyond logic in the strict sense in which it is usually understood, as distinct from the broad sense just clarified. But this may in no way be taken to imply that the proposition, "God exists," is merely "empirical," in the usual sense of "conceivably falsifiable by experience"; for it isn't. In the broad sense of the term indicated above, it's "logical."

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Logicians will either have to be or become such in a broader sense than that in which "logic" is usually understood or else also have to be or become metaphysicians if they want to consider with care what is meant by such things as:
(1) the variables in quantification, or the variables for individuals;
(2) the lowest logical level, i.e., first-level entities = entities on the first logical level = values of the variables for individuals; or
(3) modalities in their extra-linguistic reference.

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