Vagueness: A Guide

This volume analyzes and studies how vagueness occurs and matters as a specific problem in the context of theories that are primarily about something else. After an introductory chapter on the Sorites paradox by Dominic Hyde, in which the author exposes the various forms the paradox can take and som...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ronzitti, Giuseppina (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
Σειρά:Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science ; 19
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505 0 |a Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction: Vagueneness and.... ; Giuseppina Ronzitti -- 1. The Sorites Paradox; Dominic Hyde -- 2. Vagueness and Metaphysics; Jonathan Lowe -- 3. Vagueness and Logic; Stewart Shapiro -- 4. Vagueness an Meaning Theories; Roy Cook -- 5. Vagueness and Observationality; Diana Raffman -- 6. Vagueness and Linguistics; Robert van Rooij -- 7. Vagueness and Law; Timothy Endicott -- Index. 
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