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Sep 26, 2019 · Vagueness (in the sense of indeterminacy) seems to be relevant for the understanding of the sentence only when situated in the predicate term. Although vague singular terms are conceivable, I argue that their eventual indeterminacy is not relevant (truth-value emerges from predication).
- Ana Escher
- anaescher@campus.ul.pt
- 2019
This chapter presents a definition of vagueness. Section 3.1 explains what the task of defining vagueness involves, and why this task is important. Section 3.2 examines and criticizes existing definitions of vagueness. Section 3.3 explains a key notion necessary for an understanding of the book's definition of vagueness.
Ambiguity and vagueness are two varieties of interpretive uncertainty which are often discussed together, but are distinct both in their essential features and in their significance for semantic theory and the philosophy of language.
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Ambiguity and vagueness: An overview" In Volume 1 edited by Claudia Maienborn, Klaus von Heusinger and Paul Portner, 507-535. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2011. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.
May 7, 2021 · We have gathered nine arguments for the value of vagueness that can be found in or reconstructed from the literature. Unfortunately, it seems that they have a number of recurring problems. Let us sum up.
- David Lanius
- 2021
This chapter introduces the philosophical concept of vagueness and explains its significance for contemporary philosophy. The concept is seen to give rise to two main problems: the ‘soritic problem’ of finding a solution to the paradoxes of vagueness; and the ‘semantic problem’ of finding a satisfactory semantics and logic for vague ...
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Jan 1, 2011 · Put bluntly, on the epistemic view vague predicates have precise meanings, and are differentiated from non-vague expressions solely in terms of their epistemology. In this chapter we shall focus on the semantic and the epistemological views of vagueness.
