How to Swim in Sinking Sands : The Sorites Paradox and the Nature and Logic of Vague Language / Inga Bones
This book examines philosophical approaches to linguistic vagueness, a puzzling feature of natural language that gives rise to the ancient Sorites Paradox and challenges classical logic and semantics.The Sorites, or Paradox of the Heap, consists in three claims: (1) One grain of sand does not make a...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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