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Vagueness : an investigation into natural languages and the Sorites Paradox

Title
Vagueness : an investigation into natural languages and the Sorites Paradox / Linda Claire Burns.
Author
Burns, Linda Claire, 1946-
Publication
Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1991.

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Description
xii, 202 pages; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Reason and argument ; v. 4
Uniform Title
Reason and argument ; v. 4.
Subject
  • Language and logic
  • Ambiguity
  • Sorites paradox
  • Semantics (Philosophy)
  • Vagueness (Philosophy)
  • Kettingredeneringen
  • Vaagheid
  • Taalfilosofie
  • Ambiguïteit
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and index.
Contents
Conceptions of vagueness -- Linguistic behaviour -- Approaches to vagueness -- The paradox -- Responses to the paradox -- A solution to the paradox -- Further problems and puzzles -- Vagueness and perception -- Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 0792314891
  • 9780792314899
LCCN
91036104
OCLC
  • ocm24590300
  • 24590300
  • SCSB-1938994
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library