Can vagueness cut out at any order?

Mahtani, Anna ORCID: 0000-0003-1581-4325 (2008) Can vagueness cut out at any order? Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 86 (3). pp. 499-508. ISSN 0004-8402

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Abstract

Could a sentence be, say, 3rd order vague, but 4th order precise? In Williamson 19993. Williamson, T. 1999. On the Structure of Higher-Order Vagueness. Mind, 108: 127–43. [CrossRef], [Web of Science ®] View all references we find an argument that seems to show that this is impossible: every sentence is either 1st order precise, 2nd order precise, or infinitely vague. The argument for this claim is unpersuasive, however, and this paper explains why.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rajp20
Additional Information:	© 2008 Australasian Association of Philosophy
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
Date Deposited:	02 Oct 2013 10:55
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 23:26
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/50722

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