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The Sorites Paradox and Other Issues of Vagueness| old_uid | 4357 |
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| title | The Sorites Paradox and Other Issues of Vagueness |
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| start_date | 2008/03/19 |
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| schedule | 10h-12h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | salle Beckett |
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| summary | The sorites paradox is explained, and we see that to resolve it we’ll need an account of what vagueness is, and of the semantics and logic of vague language. Notice is taken of other prominent issues of vagueness: Is vagueness a feature of language and thought only, or is the world itself vague? How are vagueness and indeterminacy related? Can the identity relation be vague? How are we to understand higher-order vagueness—borderline cases, borderline cases of borderline cases, borderline cases of borderline cases of borderline cases …? How is vagueness affected by the context of utterance? What kinds of expressions other than predicates can be vague? |
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| responsibles | Égré |
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