Vagueness in Context

by Stewart Shapiro

Book Overview

Stewart Shapiro's aim in Vagueness in Context is to develop both a philosophical and a formal, model-theoretic account of the meaning, function, and logic of vague terms in an idealized version of a natural language like English. It is a commonplace that the extensions of vague terms vary with such contextual factors as the comparison class and paradigm cases. A person can be tall with respect to male accountants and not tall (even short) with respect...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199544786
• ISBN13: 9780199544783
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"