Vagueness: A Guide

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• 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
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Logic.; Metaphysics.; Language and languages > Philosophy.; Political science.; Linguistics.; Philosophy of Language.; Philosophy of Law.; Linguistics, general.

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...