Edgington, D. (2010) Sorensen on vagueness and contradiction. In: Dietz, R. and Moruzzi, S. (eds.) Cuts and Clouds. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 91. ISBN 9780199570386.
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This chapter discusses some themes from Roy Sorensen's book Vagueness and Contradiction. While agreeing with Sorensen that the major premise in a Sorites argument must be false, it rejects the consequences that Sorensen draws from this: that vague predicates have sharp boundaries, and that the phenomenon is to be explained in terms of ‘truthmaker gaps’. It is argued that ‘gappy’ theories of a variety of kinds, including McGee and McLaughlin's theory, misrepresent the phenomenon of vagueness. Further, some of the problems Sorensen raises disappear on a degree-theoretic approach to vagueness.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Sorensen, Sorites paradox, truthmaker gaps, McGee and McLaughlin, degree-theoretic approach |
| School or Research Centre: | Birkbeck Schools and Research Centres > School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy > Philosophy |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jan 2011 11:54 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Apr 2013 12:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/2929 |
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