Vagueness, Indiscernibility, and Pragmatics: Comments on Burns
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Vagueness, Indiscernibility, and Pragmatics Comments
I am sympathetic with Ms. Burns’ general philosophy of vagueness as a pervasive, multidimensional phenomenon with a variety of sources. I am not, however, all that comfortable with some of the specific arguments she offers in support of this view. In particular, I am uneasy with Burns’ central arguments to the effect that the borderline case variety of vagueness—that which produces the sorites ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Southern Journal of Philosophy
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0038-4283,2041-6962
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-6962.1995.tb00762.x