Web1 de dez. de 2010 · This is a more robust (and much less neutral) account which gives a fully classical explication of ontic vagueness via modal concepts. The overarching aim is to systematically investigate the... WebGareth Evans’s influential paper of 1978, “Can There Be Vague Objects?” gave a simple but cogent argument against the coherence of ontic vagueness. Onticism was …
Ontic Vagueness: A Guide for the Perplexed1 Elizabeth Barnes …
Web1 de set. de 2007 · Some have argued that the very idea of ontic vagueness is simply unintelligible—the only intelligible sense of vagueness being that which arises from our … WebThere is ample divergence among students of vagueness as to what exactly should be understood by a vague object, or by ontic or metaphysical vagueness in general. As is well known, in his seminal 1923 article on vagueness Bertrand Russell maintained that “[v]agueness and precision alike are characteristics which can only belong to a … can not and cannot
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Web1 de jan. de 2014 · 3 Supervaluations and Ontic Vagueness. Supervaluationism, as a theory for vagueness, is based on the works of Fine ( 1975) and Lewis ( 1970, 1993 ), who explain vagueness as a linguistic phenomenon. In this section, we focus on Lewis’s version. The idea can be best explained by the use of examples of vague predicates. WebS. Chibeni, Ontic Vagueness, IN Microphysics Philosophy It is difficult, if not impossible to characterize vagueness without prejudging the issue in favour of one or another of the main interpretations of vagueness. Perhaps the central element in the notion is the existence of a fuzzy boundary. WebIn this paper I develop a framework for understanding ontic vagueness. The project of the paper is two-fold. I first outline a definitional account of ontic vagueness – one that I think is an improvement on previous attempts because it remains neutral on other, independent metaphysical issues. I then develop one potential manifestation of ... fizzy strawberry tarts