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 Hartry Field - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments
 
Hartry Field (1946), American philosopher. His major works include Science Without Numbers (1980), Realism, Mathematics and Modality (1989), and Truth and the Absence of Fact (2001). His fields of specialization are philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of science, epistemology, and metaphysics.

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Indeterminacy, philosophy: An object is indeterminate if its linguistic description indicates fewer characteristics than a member of a (linguistic) community usually needs to distinguish the object from other objects. See also uncertainty of translation, vagueness, under-determinateness, inscrutability, determinateness.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.
 
Author Item    More concepts for author
Buridan, Jean Indeterminacy   Buridan
Chomsky, Noam Indeterminacy   Chomsky
Davidson, Donald Indeterminacy   Davidson
Dennett, Daniel Indeterminacy   Dennett
Duhem, Pierre Indeterminacy   Duhem
Feyerabend, Paul Indeterminacy   Feyerabend
Field, Hartry Indeterminacy   Field
Frith, Chris Indeterminacy   Frith
McDowell, John Indeterminacy   McDowell
McGinn, Colin Indeterminacy   McGinn
Millikan, Ruth Indeterminacy   Millikan
Putnam, Hilary Indeterminacy   Putnam
Quine, W.V.O. Indeterminacy   Quine
Rawls, John Indeterminacy   Rawls
Reichenbach, Hans Indeterminacy   Reichenbach
Rorty, Richard Indeterminacy   Rorty
Stalnaker, Robert Indeterminacy   Stalnaker

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