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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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Vagueness, philosophy: there are descriptions of objects or situations that are necessarily not fully determined. For example, the indication whether a given hue is still red or already orange is not always decidable. It is a property of the language to provide vague predicates. Whether vagueness is a property of the world is controversial. See also sorites, indeterminacy, under-determinateness, intensification, penumbra._____________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 | |
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Field, Hartry | Vagueness | Field | |
Fraassen, Bas van | Vagueness | Fraassen | |
Gärdenfors, Peter | Vagueness | Gärdenfors | |
Lewis, David K. | Vagueness | Lewis | |
Logic Texts | Vagueness | Logic Texts | |
McGinn, Colin | Vagueness | McGinn | |
Putnam, Hilary | Vagueness | Putnam | |
Quine, W.V.O. | Vagueness | Quine | |
Sainsbury, Richard M. | Vagueness | Sainsbury | |
Williamson, Timothy | Vagueness | Williamson | |
Wittgenstein, Ludwig | Vagueness | Wittgenstein | |
Wright, Crispin | Vagueness | Wright | |
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