Feb 8, 1997 · A proposition is vague when there are possible states of things concerning which it is intrinsically uncertain.

Vagueness is a major topic of research in philosophical logic, where it serves as a potential challenge to classical logic. Work in formal semantics has sought ...

In this dissertation, I argue that vagueness is a metaphysical phenomenon—that properties and objects can be vague—and propose a trivalent theory of ...

-And as to those descriptive terms which are introduced by some sort or other of theoretical definition, they inherit the vagueness of the primitive terms on.

Jul 11, 2012 · The title of this book suggests that the collection will provide an understanding of vagueness; the subtitle promises an interdisciplinary approach.

The dissertation considers both metaphysical and logical issues related to the vagueness of natural language. The principle metaphysical claim is that the.

Vagueness-adaptive logic: A pragmatical approach to sorites paradoxes.Bart Van Kerkhove & Guido Vanackere - 2003 - Studia Logica 75 (3):383-411. On a certain ...

The moral is that it is impossible to draw a line between vague and precise con- cepts just as it is impossible to draw a line between bald and hairy people.

It involves holding that there is no coherent way of reasoning in most of ordinary language. This is in evident conflict with the data—with the fact that we do ...

Some would say vagueness is nothing more than a result of imprecision in our language. On this view, a precisification of language would eliminate vagueness.