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UNINA9910813018703321 |
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Titolo |
Cuts and clouds : vagueness, its nature, and its logic / / edited by Richard Dietz and Sebastoamo Moruzzi |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-50203-4 |
9786612502033 |
0-19-157333-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (599 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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DietzRichard |
MoruzziSebastiano |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Vagueness (Philosophy) |
Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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