Kniha Cuts and Clouds Richard Dietz

Cuts and Clouds

Vagueness, its Nature, & its Logic

Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Pevná
Dostupnost: 50 % šance
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Vagueness is a familiar but deeply puzzling aspect of the relation between language and the world. I...

Informace o knize

Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Pevná
Vydáno
2010
Stránek
600
EAN
9780199570386
Enbook ID
04533229
Hmotnost
1034
Rozměry
167 x 239 x 39

Kompletní popis

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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