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Vaghezza
Gaio, Silvia
2010
Abstract
The paper introduces the linguistic phenomenon of vagueness and the philosophical questions raised by it. First of all, the common features of all vague terms in ordinary language are taken into account: borderline cases, (apparently) no sharp boundaries, Sorites paradox. Taking those features into account, we can consider what vagueness has to be distinguished from: ambiguity, underspecificity, mere context-dependence. In the second place, the relevant theories that try to explain the phenomenon of vagueness and to solve the related logical problems, are briefly explained.
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Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Silvia Gaio, "Vaghezza", in "APhEx 1", 2010, pp. 14
Languages
it
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