Vagueness in context /
Shapiro, Stewart,1951-
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2008, c2006.
Stewart Shapiro aims to develop a comprehensive account of the meaning, function and logic of vague terms in an idealised version of a natural language like English. He sees vagueness as a linguistic phenomenon, due to the kinds of languages that humans speak.
Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-219) and index.
Stewart Shapiro aims to develop a comprehensive account of the meaning, function and logic of vague terms in an idealised version of a natural language like English. He sees vagueness as a linguistic phenomenon, due to the kinds of languages that humans speak.
Vagueness (Philosophy)
Semantics (Philosophy)
Language and languages