Theories of Vagueness
Most expressions in natural language are vague. But what is the best semantic treatment of terms like ‘heap’, ‘red’ and ‘child’? And what is the logic of arguments involving this kind of vague expression? These questions are receiving increasing philosophical attention, and in this timely book Rosanna Keefe explores the questions of what we should want from an account of vagueness and how we should assess rival theories. Her discussion ranges widely and comprehensively over the main theories of vagueness and their supporting arguments, and she offers a powerful and original defence of a form of supervaluationism, a theory that requires almost…
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Weitere Autoren: Dancy, Jonathan (Hrsg.) / Sosa, Ernest (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-521-03389-3
- EAN: 9780521033893
- Produktnummer: 2803791
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.4 cm 336 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 336
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