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Vagueness as Arbitrariness - Sagid Salles

Vagueness as Arbitrariness

Outline of a Theory of Vagueness

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Buch | Hardcover
XIII, 206 Seiten
2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-66780-1 (ISBN)
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This book proposes a new solution to the problem of vagueness. There are several different ways of addressing this problem and no clear agreement on which one is correct. The author proposes that it should be understood as the problem of explaining vague predicates in a way that systematizes six intuitions about the phenomenon and satisfies three criteria of adequacy for an ideal theory of vagueness.

The third criterion, which is called the "criterion of precisification", is the most controversial one. It is based on the intuition that a predicate is vague only if it is imprecise. The author considers some different definitions of linguistic imprecision, proposing that a predicate is imprecise if and only if there is no sharp boundary between objects to which its application yields some particular truth-value and objects to which its application does not yield that truth-value.

The volume critically reviews the current theories of vagueness and proposes a new one, the Theory of Vagueness as Arbitrariness, which defines a vague predicate as an arbitrary predicate that must be precisified in order to contribute to a sentence that has truth-conditions. The main advantages of this theory over the current alternatives are that it satisfies all three criteria and systematizes the relevant intuitions.


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Sagid Salles holds a PhD in philosophy from the Graduate Program in Logic and Metaphysics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His main interests include philosophy of language and logic. His most recent research is on the nature of vague predicates.  


1 Introduction.- 2 Problem of Vagueness.- 3 Imprecise Predicates.- 4 Theories of Vagueness.- 5 Vagueness as Arbitrariness. 

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Synthese Library
Zusatzinfo XIII, 206 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 512 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
Schlagworte arbitrariness • Degrees-of-Truth Theory • Principle of tolerance and arbitrariness • sorites paradox • Supervaluationism • Theories of vagueness • Theory of Vagueness as Arbitratiness • Thesis of Arbitrariness • Three-Valued Theory • vagueness • Vague predicates
ISBN-10 3-030-66780-4 / 3030667804
ISBN-13 978-3-030-66780-1 / 9783030667801
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