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Vagueness and Contradiction

By Roy Sorensen

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0199241309, 9780199241309
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
761 kB (779665 bytes)
Pages
212\212
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Roy Sorenson offers a unique exploration of an ancient problem: vagueness. Did Buddha become a fat man in one second? Is there a tallest short giraffe? According to Sorenson's epistemicist approach, the answers are yes! Although vagueness abounds in the way the world is divided, Sorenson argues that the divisions are sharp; yet we often do not know where they are. Written in Sorenson'e usual inventive and amusing style, this book offers original insight on language and logic, the way world is, and our understanding of it.

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