Vagueness and Contradiction - Sorensen, Roy
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But he has some serious things to say about language and logic, about the way the world is and about our understanding of it.
Roy Sorenson offers a unique exploration of an ancient problem: vagueness. Did Buddha become a fat man in one second? Is there a tallest short giraffe? According to Sorenson's epistemicist approach, the answers are yes! Although vagueness abounds in the way the world is divided, Sorenson argues that the divisions are sharp; yet we often do not know where they are. Written in Sorenson'e usual inventive and amusing style, this book offers original insight on language and logic, the way world is, and our understanding of it.…mehr

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But he has some serious things to say about language and logic, about the way the world is and about our understanding of it.
Roy Sorenson offers a unique exploration of an ancient problem: vagueness. Did Buddha become a fat man in one second? Is there a tallest short giraffe? According to Sorenson's epistemicist approach, the answers are yes! Although vagueness abounds in the way the world is divided, Sorenson argues that the divisions are sharp; yet we often do not know where they are. Written in Sorenson'e usual inventive and amusing style, this book offers original insight on language and logic, the way world is, and our understanding of it.
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Roy Sorensen is Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College. Before joining Dartmouth philosophy department in 1999 he taught at New York University for twelve years.