Vagueness in context /
Stewart Shapiro.
- Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2008.
- x, 226 p. ; 24 cm.
Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-219) and index.
1. The nature of vagueness : Humpty Dumpty gets his due. 2. Interlude : the place and role of model theory. 3. A start on model theory. 4. Connectives, quantifiers, logic. 5. Refinements and extensions I : so-called "higher-order vagueness". 6. Refinements and extensions II : objects, identity, and abstracts. 7. Metaphysical matters : language, the world, and objectivity.
9780199544783 (pbk.)
Vagueness (Philosophy) Semantics (Philosophy) Language and languages--Philosophy.