Książka Cuts and Clouds Richard Dietz

Cuts and Clouds

Vagueness, its Nature, & its Logic

Język: Angielski
Oprawa: Twarda
Dostępność: 50 % szansa
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Vagueness is a familiar but deeply puzzling aspect of the relation between language and the world. I...

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Język
Angielski
Oprawa
Książka - Twarda
Data wydania
2010
strony
600
EAN
9780199570386
Enbook ID
04533229
Waga
1034
Wymiary
167 x 239 x 39

Pełny opis

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 our understanding of natural languages. If our reasoning involves any vague concepts, is it safe from contradiction? Do vague concepts really lack any sharp boundary? If not, why are we reluctant to accept the existence of any sharp boundary for them? And what rules of inference can we validly apply, if we reason in vague terms? Cuts and Clouds presents the latest work towards a clearer understanding of these old puzzles about the nature and logic of vagueness. The collection offers a stimulating series of original essays on these and related issues by some of the world's leading experts.

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