Vagueness and Contradiction

by Roy Sorensen

Book Overview

Roy Sorenson offers a unique exploration of an ancient problem: vagueness. Did Buddha become a fat man in one second? Is there a tallest short giraffe? According to Sorenson's epistemicist approach, the answers are yes Although vagueness abounds in the way the world is divided, Sorenson argues that the divisions are sharp; yet we often do not know where they are. Written in Sorenson'e usual inventive and amusing style, this book offers original insight...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199241309
• ISBN13: 9780199241309
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"