Vagueness. Its Semantic, Perceptual and Ontological Manifestations

Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Philosophy - Theoretical (Realisation, Science, Logic, Language), , language: English, abstract: The text argues that vagueness may be identified on the basis of three criteria: A term is vague if 1) it generates borderline cases; 2) if its application is subject to a distinctive type of puzzle called the sorites paradox; and 3) if it cannot be applied without violating traditional rules governing classification, a phenomenon known as boundarilessness.

Product details

• Authors: Rene Ramirez
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9783668037038
• ISBN: 978-3-668-03703-8
• No. of pages: 20
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 1 mm
• Weight: 45 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V305663; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V305663
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works