The philosophical problem of vagueness
Think of the color spectrum, spread out before you. You can identify the different colors with ease. But if you are asked to indicate the point at which one color ends and the next begins, you are at a loss. "There is no such point", is a natural thought: one color just shades gradually in...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cambridge University Press
2001
|
| Subjects: |
| _version_ | 1826269119196954624 |
|---|---|
| author | Edgington, D |
| author_facet | Edgington, D |
| author_sort | Edgington, D |
| collection | OXFORD |
| description | Think of the color spectrum, spread out before you. You can identify the different colors with ease. But if you are asked to indicate the point at which one color ends and the next begins, you are at a loss. "There is no such point", is a natural thought: one color just shades gradually into the next. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-06T21:20:04Z |
| format | Journal article |
| id | oxford-uuid:4128c658-c457-4db2-a92c-6e7d54437cd5 |
| institution | University of Oxford |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-06T21:20:04Z |
| publishDate | 2001 |
| publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | oxford-uuid:4128c658-c457-4db2-a92c-6e7d54437cd52022-03-26T14:41:53ZThe philosophical problem of vaguenessJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4128c658-c457-4db2-a92c-6e7d54437cd5PhilosophyEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetCambridge University Press2001Edgington, DThink of the color spectrum, spread out before you. You can identify the different colors with ease. But if you are asked to indicate the point at which one color ends and the next begins, you are at a loss. "There is no such point", is a natural thought: one color just shades gradually into the next. |
| spellingShingle | Philosophy Edgington, D The philosophical problem of vagueness |
| title | The philosophical problem of vagueness |
| title_full | The philosophical problem of vagueness |
| title_fullStr | The philosophical problem of vagueness |
| title_full_unstemmed | The philosophical problem of vagueness |
| title_short | The philosophical problem of vagueness |
| title_sort | philosophical problem of vagueness |
| topic | Philosophy |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT edgingtond thephilosophicalproblemofvagueness AT edgingtond philosophicalproblemofvagueness |