@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Williamson,Timothy}, subject = {Vagueness}, note = {Field II 283 Vagueness/Williamson Puzzles/WilliamsonVsNonfactualism/Field: (Williamson 1994): thesis: for any question there is a simple argument for the conclusion that it has a specific, objective, factual answer. - E.g. Joe is rich or Joe is not rich. - Then there is in each case a fact if he is rich or if he is not rich. Then E.g. Verdi/Bizet is pointless for Williamson. ((s) Bizet/Verdi/Explanation/(s): in what world would Bizet and Verdi have been countrymen? - In a world in which Verdi would have been French or Bizet Italian. - Problem: which of the two worlds is closer to our world? - This shows that you can't specify a similarity metric.) >Similarity metrics. FieldVsWilliamson: E.g. then there must be an inaccessible fact which decides whether the pre-Newtonians mean mass or weight: implausible. >Theory change, >Meaning change. II 284 Quantum mechanics: here the Nonfactualism is different. >Facts, >Non-factualism, >Quantum mechanics.}, note = { EconWillO Oliver E. Williamson Peak-load pricing and optimal capacity under indivisibility constraints 1966 Field I H. Field Realism, Mathematics and Modality Oxford New York 1989 Field II H. Field Truth and the Absence of Fact Oxford New York 2001 Field III H. Field Science without numbers Princeton New Jersey 1980 Field IV Hartry Field "Realism and Relativism", The Journal of Philosophy, 76 (1982), pp. 553-67 In Theories of Truth, Paul Horwich, Aldershot 1994 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=548264} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=548264} }