Wright on the epistemic conception of vagueness
According to the epistemic conception of vagueness defended in Williamson 1994, what we use vague terms to say is true or false, but in borderline cases we cannot know which. Our grasp of what we say does not open its truth-value to our view. Crispin Wright 1995 offers a lively critique of this conc...
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1996
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| description | According to the epistemic conception of vagueness defended in Williamson 1994, what we use vague terms to say is true or false, but in borderline cases we cannot know which. Our grasp of what we say does not open its truth-value to our view. Crispin Wright 1995 offers a lively critique of this conception. A reply may help to clarify the issues. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:26c0b10b-6503-4657-93fb-f1eca5ef8c842022-03-26T12:02:57ZWright on the epistemic conception of vaguenessJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:26c0b10b-6503-4657-93fb-f1eca5ef8c84PhilosophyEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetBlackwell Publishing1996Williamson, TAnalysis TrustAccording to the epistemic conception of vagueness defended in Williamson 1994, what we use vague terms to say is true or false, but in borderline cases we cannot know which. Our grasp of what we say does not open its truth-value to our view. Crispin Wright 1995 offers a lively critique of this conception. A reply may help to clarify the issues. |
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| title | Wright on the epistemic conception of vagueness |
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