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.

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• Autori: Rene Ramirez
• Editore: Grin Verlag
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9783668037038
• ISBN: 978-3-668-03703-8
• Pagine: 20
• Dimensioni: 148 mm x 210 mm x 1 mm
• Peso: 45 g
• Serie: Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V305663; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V305663
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia