One could define vagueness as the existence of borderline cases and char-acterise the philosophical debate on vagueness as being about the nature of these. The prevalent theories of vagueness can be divided into three categories, paralleling three logical interpretations of borderline cases: (i
Vagueness has always been a problem for philosophers. This is true in a number of ways. One obvious ...
In this dissertation, I argue that vagueness is a metaphysical phenomenon---that properties and obje...
Abstract. In this paper I argue that the epistemicist account of vagueness cannot be entirely correc...
Vagueness is ubiquitous in natural language. It seems incompatible with classical, bivalent logic, w...
This volume analyzes and studies how vagueness occurs and matters as a specific problem in the conte...
Borderline cases of vague predicates are often characterized with the help of a definiteness operato...
Standardly, one says that vagueness arises whenever a concept or linguistic expression admits of bor...
The central thesis of the book is that the proposition a vague sentence expresses in a borderline ca...
The chapter takes Schiffer’s central contribution to the study of vagueness to be his treatmen...
According to one account, vagueness is “metaphysical. ” The friend of metaphysical vagueness believe...
In this paper we are seeking general definitions of vagueness. They have much to do with dialectical...
This thesis is in two parts. In the first part I discuss various conceptions of vagueness and outlin...
this paper I present and defend a definition of vagueness, and draw out some consequences of accepti...
This chapter argues that a term is vague if it is indeterminate. As a special case of this, it argue...
Vagueness is a familiar but deeply puzzling aspect of the relation between language and the world. I...
Vagueness has always been a problem for philosophers. This is true in a number of ways. One obvious ...
In this dissertation, I argue that vagueness is a metaphysical phenomenon---that properties and obje...
Abstract. In this paper I argue that the epistemicist account of vagueness cannot be entirely correc...
Vagueness is ubiquitous in natural language. It seems incompatible with classical, bivalent logic, w...
This volume analyzes and studies how vagueness occurs and matters as a specific problem in the conte...
Borderline cases of vague predicates are often characterized with the help of a definiteness operato...
Standardly, one says that vagueness arises whenever a concept or linguistic expression admits of bor...
The central thesis of the book is that the proposition a vague sentence expresses in a borderline ca...
The chapter takes Schiffer’s central contribution to the study of vagueness to be his treatmen...
According to one account, vagueness is “metaphysical. ” The friend of metaphysical vagueness believe...
In this paper we are seeking general definitions of vagueness. They have much to do with dialectical...
This thesis is in two parts. In the first part I discuss various conceptions of vagueness and outlin...
this paper I present and defend a definition of vagueness, and draw out some consequences of accepti...
This chapter argues that a term is vague if it is indeterminate. As a special case of this, it argue...
Vagueness is a familiar but deeply puzzling aspect of the relation between language and the world. I...
Vagueness has always been a problem for philosophers. This is true in a number of ways. One obvious ...
In this dissertation, I argue that vagueness is a metaphysical phenomenon---that properties and obje...
Abstract. In this paper I argue that the epistemicist account of vagueness cannot be entirely correc...
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