In Georg Meggle (ed.), Analyomen 2: Perspectives in analytical philosophy. de Gruyter. pp. 398-403 (1997)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
The nature of vagueness is investigated via a preliminary definition and a discussion of the classical sorites paradox ; this is carried further by asking for the origins of vagueness and a critique of several attempts to remove it from language. It is shown that such attempts are ill motivated and doomed for failure since vagueness is not just a matter of ignorance but firmly grounded in epistemic and metaphysical facts. Finally, the philosophical interest of real vagueness is illustrated by the concept of “natural kind”, which is essential to realism/anti-realism debates.
|
Keywords | vagueness borderline case realism Kripke Sainsbury Sorensen Tye Williamson |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
Buy the book |
Find it on Amazon.com
|
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
Citations of this work BETA
No citations found.
Similar books and articles
May Judges Sometimes Lie?: Remarks On Sorensen's Views Of Vagueness And Law.Jason Glenn - 2007 - Sorites 18:10-16.
The Problem with Truthmaker-Gap Epistemicism.Mark Jago - 2012 - Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 1 (4):320-329.
II—Modelling Higher-Order Vagueness: Columns, Borderlines and Boundaries.Rosanna Keefe - 2015 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 89 (1):89-108.
Higher-Order Vagueness and Borderline Nestings: A Persistent Confusion.Susanne Bobzien - 2013 - Analytic Philosophy 54 (1):1-43.
I—Columnar Higher-Order Vagueness, or Vagueness is Higher-Order Vagueness.Susanne Bobzien - 2015 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 89 (1):61-87.
Varieties of Vagueness.Trenton Merricks - 2001 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 62 (1):145-157.
Demoting Higher-Order Vagueness.Diana Raffman - 2009 - In Sebastiano Moruzzi & Richard Dietz (eds.), Cuts and Clouds. Vaguenesss, its Nature and its Logic. Oxford University Press. pp. 509--22.
Metaphysical Vagueness and Metaphysical Indeterminacy.Matti Eklund - 2013 - Metaphysica 14 (2):165-179.
Review: Précis of Vagueness. [REVIEW]Timothy Williamson - 1997 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 57 (4):921 - 928.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2015-10-11
Total views
137 ( #83,988 of 2,498,178 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
12 ( #62,983 of 2,498,178 )
2015-10-11
Total views
137 ( #83,988 of 2,498,178 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
12 ( #62,983 of 2,498,178 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads