Cuts and clouds : vagueness, its nature, and its logic /
Vagueness is a deeply puzzling aspect of the relation between language and the world. Is it a feature of the way we represent reality in language, or a feature of reality itself? How can we reason with vague concepts? This book presents the latest work towards an understanding of these puzzles about...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Vagueness is a deeply puzzling aspect of the relation between language and the world. Is it a feature of the way we represent reality in language, or a feature of reality itself? How can we reason with vague concepts? This book presents the latest work towards an understanding of these puzzles about the nature and logic of vagueness. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 586 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191573330 0191573337 9780199570386 0199570388 9780191722134 0191722138 |