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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dietz, Richard, Moruzzi, Sebastiano
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Colección:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Contributors; Introduction; PART I: The Nature of Vagueness; I: What is Vagueness?; II: Vagueness in Reality; III: Tolerance and Paradox; IV: Vagueness in Context; PART II: The Logic of Vagueness; V: Supervaluationism; VI: Paraconsistent Logics; VII: Many-Valued Logics; VIII: Higher-Order Vagueness; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.