The riddle of vagueness selected essays 1975-2020 / Crispin Wright ; with an introduction by Richard Kimberly Heck.
| Author/creator | Wright, Crispin, 1942- |
| Other author | Heck, Richard Kimberly. |
| Other author | Oxford University Press. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021. |
| Description | xvi, 448 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | Introduction -- On the coherence of vague predicates -- Language-mastery and the Sorites Paradox -- Hairier than Putnam thought / with Stephen Read -- Further reflections on the Sorites Paradox -- Is higher-order vagueness coherent? -- The epistemic conception of vagueness -- On being in a quandary : relativism, vagueness, logical revisionism -- Rosenkranz on quandary, vagueness, and intuitionism -- Vagueness : a fifth column approach -- Vagueness-related partial belief and the constitution of borderline cases -- 'Wang's Paradox' -- The illusion of higher-order vagueness -- On the characterization of borderline cases -- Intuitionism and the Sorites Paradox. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-433) and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020947868 |
| ISBN | 9780199277339 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0199277338 (hardback) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |