Vagueness : a global approach / Kit Fine.

Vagueness : a global approach / Kit Fine.

9780197514986 (electronic book)

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

English

1 online resource (120 pages).

B105.V33 F56 2020

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Vagueness is a subject of long-standing interest in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and philosophical logic. Kit Fine presents a new theory of vagueness based on the radical hypothesis that vagueness is a "global" rather than a "local" phenomenon. In other words, according to Fine, the vagueness of an object or expression cannot properly be considered except in its relation to other objects or other expressions. He then applies the theory to a variety of topics in logic, metaphysics and epistemology, including the sorites paradox, the problem of personal identity, and the transparency of mental phenomenon. This is the inaugural volume in the Rutgers Lectures in Philosophy series, presenting lectures from the most important contemporary thinkers in the discipline.

Vagueness is a subject of long-standing interest in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and philosophical logic. Kit Fine presents a new theory of vagueness based on the radical hypothesis that vagueness is a "global" rather than a "local" phenomenon. In other words, according to Fine, the vagueness of an object or expression cannot properly be considered except in its relation to other objects or other expressions. He then applies the theory to a variety of topics in logic, metaphysics and epistemology, including the sorites paradox, the problem of personal identity, and the transparency of mental phenomenon. This is the inaugural volume in the Rutgers Lectures in Philosophy series, presenting lectures from the most important contemporary thinkers in the discipline.

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