Theories of Vagueness |
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| Author:
| Keefe, Rosanna |
| Contribution by:
| Dancy, Jonathan
Haldane, John
Harman, Gilbert
Jackson, Frank
Lucan, William G.
Sosa, Ernest |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-65067-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $110.00 |
Book Description:
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Vague expressions, such as 'heap', 'red' and 'child', proliferate throughout natural languages, and an increasing amount of philosophical attention is being directed at theories of the logic and semantics associated with them. In this book Rosanna Keefe explores the questions of what we should want from theories of vagueness and how we should compare them. Her powerful and original study will be of interest to readers in philosophy of language and of mind, philosophical logic,...
More DescriptionVague expressions, such as 'heap', 'red' and 'child', proliferate throughout natural languages, and an increasing amount of philosophical attention is being directed at theories of the logic and semantics associated with them. In this book Rosanna Keefe explores the questions of what we should want from theories of vagueness and how we should compare them. Her powerful and original study will be of interest to readers in philosophy of language and of mind, philosophical logic, epistemology and metaphysics.