Oms, Sergi
(2010)
Truth-Functional and Penumbral Intuitions.
THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 25 (2).
pp. 137-147.
ISSN 2171-679X
Abstract
Two of the main intuitions that underlie the phenomenon of vagueness are the truth-functional and the penumbral intuitions. After presenting and contrasting them, I will put forward Tappenden's gappy approach to vagueness (which takes into account the truth-functional intuition). I will contrast Tappenden's view with another of the theories of vagueness that see it as a semantic phenomenon: Supervaluationism (which takes into account the penumbral intuition). Then I will analyze some objections to Tappenden's approach and some objections to Supervaluationism. Finally, I will present my own worries about Tappenden's account.
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ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) |
| Keywords: |
vagueness, Tappenden, supervaluationism, essentially vague predicates, truth-functionality, penumbral sentences |
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| Date Deposited: |
13 Feb 2014 00:43 |
| Last Modified: |
13 Feb 2014 00:43 |
| Item ID: |
10313 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science |
| Publisher: |
Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco |
| Official URL: |
http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/vi... |
| DOI or Unique Handle: |
10.1387/theoria.635 |
| Date: |
June 2010 |
| Page Range: |
pp. 137-147 |
| Volume: |
25 |
| Number: |
2 |
| ISSN: |
2171-679X |
| URI: |
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10313 |
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