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In 'Unruly Words', Diana Raffman advances a new theory of vagueness which, unlike previous accounts, is genuinely semantic while preserving bivalence. According to this new approach, called the multiple range theory, vagueness consists essentially in a term's being applicable in multi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raffman, Diana (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Semantics.
Vagueness (Philosophy)
Ambiguity.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Semantics
Sémantique.
Vague (Philosophie)
Ambiguïté.
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
semantics.
Ambiguity
Language and languages > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In 'Unruly Words', Diana Raffman advances a new theory of vagueness which, unlike previous accounts, is genuinely semantic while preserving bivalence. According to this new approach, called the multiple range theory, vagueness consists essentially in a term's being applicable in multiple arbitrarily different, but equally competent, ways, even when contextual factors are fixed.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199392650
019939265X
9780199915101
0199915105