03045oam 2200649 c 450 991082638480332120220221094418.03-95743-754-710.30965/9783957437549(CKB)5590000000429548(OCoLC)1198094714(nllekb)BRILL9783957437549(MiAaPQ)EBC6554249(Au-PeEL)EBL6554249(OCoLC)1247671875(Brill | mentis)9783957437549(EXLCZ)99559000000042954820220221d2020 uy 0engurun####uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediardacarrierHow to Swim in Sinking SandsThe Sorites Paradox and the Nature and Logic of Vague LanguageInga Bones1st ed.PaderbornBrill | mentis20201 online resource3-95743-197-2 Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-187) and index.This book examines philosophical approaches to linguistic vagueness, a puzzling feature of natural language that gives rise to the ancient Sorites Paradox and challenges classical logic and semantics.The Sorites, or Paradox of the Heap, consists in three claims: (1) One grain of sand does not make a heap. (2) One billion grains of sand do make a heap. (3) For any two amounts of sand differing by at most one grain: either both are heaps of sand, or neither one is. The third claim is rendered plausible by an initial conviction that vague predicates like 'heap' tolerate small changes. However, the repeated application of a tolerance principle to the second claim yields the further proposition that one grain of sand does make a heap - which contradicts claim number one. Consequently, many philosophers reject or modify tolerance principles for vague predicates. Inga Bones reassesses prominent responses to the Sorites and defends a Wittgensteinian dissolution of the paradox. She argues that vague predicates are, indeed, tolerant and discusses how this finding relates to the paradox itself, to the notion of validity and to the concept of a borderline case.Paradox des HaufensVagheitUnbestimmtheitWittgensteinPhilosophie der normalen SpracheParadox of the HeapVaguenessIndeterminacyOrdinary Language PhilosophyParadox des HaufensVagheitUnbestimmtheitWittgensteinPhilosophie der normalen SpracheParadox of the HeapVaguenessIndeterminacyOrdinary Language Philosophy165Bones Ingaaut1629791MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826384803321How to Swim in Sinking Sands3967750UNINA