“The Problem of Vagueness”

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book philosophical work

“The Problem of Vagueness” is a philosophical work by Kit Fine that offers an influential analysis of vagueness, challenging standard semantic and metaphysical approaches to borderline cases and indeterminacy.

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Vagueness	1
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instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
author	Kit Fine NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributor	Kit Fine NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes	standard metaphysical theories of vagueness ⓘ standard semantic theories of vagueness ⓘ
field	metaphysics ⓘ philosophical logic ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ
focusesOn	borderline cases of predicates ⓘ indeterminate truth-values ⓘ sorites paradox ⓘ
hasInfluenced	metaphysical approaches to vagueness ⓘ semantic approaches to vagueness ⓘ theories of vagueness ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTopic	borderline cases ⓘ indeterminacy ⓘ vagueness ⓘ
notableFor	challenge to classical logic treatments of vagueness ⓘ impact on contemporary debates about indeterminacy ⓘ influential analysis of vagueness ⓘ
philosophicalTradition	analytic philosophy ⓘ
proposes	alternative analysis of vagueness ⓘ
relatedPerson	Crispin Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ David Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	Truthmaker semantics NERFINISHED ⓘ Vagueness NERFINISHED ⓘ

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