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Vagueness

Paperback

Main Details

Title Vagueness
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Timothy Williamson
SeriesProblems of Philosophy
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:344
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenrePhilosophy - metaphysics and ontology
Philosophy - logic
ISBN/Barcode 9780415139809
ClassificationsDewey:160
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations notes, bibliography, index

Publishing Details

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Routledge
Publication Date 21 March 1996
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Vagueness is the first comprehensive treatment of this increasingly important topic in metaphysics and the philosophy of logic and language. Students in these areas and researchers in artifical intelligence and linguistics will find its non-technical approach invaluable. For the technically-minded, an appendix shows how it can be formalized within the framework of epistemic logic.

Reviews

""Vagueness provides a copmlete and lucid account of one of the hottest topics in the philosophy of language and the philosophy of logic . . . His effort drives epistemicism to a new level of depth and distinction."-Roy Sorenson, New York University "Nothing should henceforth be written on vagueness which fails to learn from this book. It should not be read only for its contribution to vagueness, but also for what it says about knowledge; for the purity of its style. . . and as an example of philosophy at its best."-Mark R. Sainsbury, "British Journal of the Philosophy of Science