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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (599 p.)
• Disciplina: 110
• Soggetto topico: Vagueness (Philosophy); Philosophy
• Altri autori: DietzRichard MoruzziSebastiano
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Cuts and clouds
• ISBN: 1-282-50203-4; 9786612502033; 0-19-157333-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813018703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II