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The so called Hilbert’s ε-symbol transforms a formula φ(x) in a term εx φ(x) with the intended meaning: “some x such that φ(x), if such x exists, an arbitrary individual, otherwise”.
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Caicedo, X. (1995). Hilbert’s ε-Symbol in the Presence of Generalized Quantifiers. In: Krynicki, M., Mostowski, M., Szczerba, L.W. (eds) Quantifiers: Logics, Models and Computation. Synthese Library, vol 249. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0524-0_3
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