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Author:   Rosanna Kenney ,  Peter Smith ,  Peter Smith
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.522kg
ISBN:  

9780262611459

ISBN 10:   0262611457
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   22 January 1999
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Theories of vagueness, Rosanna Keefe, Peter Smith; On the sorites, Diogenes Laertius, Galen and Cicero; Vagueness, Bertrand Russell; Vagueness - an exercise in logical analysis, Max Black; Vagueness and logic, Carl G. Hempel; Truth and vagueness, Henryk Mehlberg; The sorites paradox, James Cargile; Wang's paradox, Michael Dummett; Vagueness, truth and logic, Kit Fine; Language-mastery and the sorites paradox, Crispin Wright; Truth, belief and vagueness, Kenton F. Machina; Further reflections on the sorites paradox, Crispin Wright; Concepts without boundaries, R.M. Sainsbury; Vagueness and ignorance, Timothy Williamson, Sorites paradoxes and the semantics of vagueness, Michael Tye; Vagueness by degrees, Dorothy Edington; Can there be vague objects? Gareth Evans; Vague identity - Evans misunderstood, David Lewis; Worldly indeterminacy of identity, Terence Parsons, Peter Woodruff.

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This balanced and comprehensive collection will be a standard reference for many years to come. --Alice Kyburg, Computational Linguistics

Author Information

Rosanna Keefe is a Research Fellow at Jesus College, Cambridge University Peter Smith is a member of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.

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