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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813018703321

Titolo

Cuts and clouds : vagueness, its nature, and its logic / / edited by Richard Dietz and Sebastoamo Moruzzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-50203-4

9786612502033

0-19-157333-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (599 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DietzRichard

MoruzziSebastiano

Disciplina

110

Soggetti

Vagueness (Philosophy)

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; PART I: The Nature of Vagueness; I: What is Vagueness?; II: Vagueness in Reality; III: Tolerance and Paradox; IV: Vagueness in Context; PART II: The Logic of Vagueness; V: Supervaluationism; VI: Paraconsistent Logics; VII: Many-Valued Logics; VIII: Higher-Order Vagueness; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Vagueness is a familiar but deeply puzzling aspect of the relation between language and the world. It is highly controversial what the nature of vagueness is - a feature of the way we represent reality in language, or rather a feature of reality itself? May even relations like identity or parthood be affected by vagueness? Sorites arguments suggest that vague terms are either inconsistent or have a sharp boundary. The account we give of such paradoxes plays a pivotal role for ourunderstanding of natural languages. If our reasoning involves any vague concepts, is it safe from contradiction? Do