Assertion: vagueness | /r/HasProperty | semantic phenomenon
Facets:
value: as involving at least the claim
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In section 17.2, I interpret the claim that vagueness is a semantic phenomenon as involving at least the claim that vague predicates do not determine an extension.
text: Some theorists of vagueness would want to say that vagueness just is semantic indeterminacy.
text: The majority instead believes that vagueness is a semantic phenomenon, i.e. that the meanings of vague predicates fail to determine exact extensions.
text: Some of those who believe that vagueness is a semantic phenomenon may think that the failure of vague predicates to determine an extension is a kind of imperfection that it would be better to reform away.
text: For this one I want to make a substantial assumption: throughout this paper I shall assume that vagueness is a semantic phenomenon, as opposed to an epistemic or metaphysical one.
text: Some theorists of vagueness would want to say that vagueness just is semantic indeterminacy.
text: Some theorists of vagueness would want to say that vagueness just is semantic indeterminacy.