Reply to Machina and Deutsch on vagueness, ignorance, and margins for error

In their paper "Vagueness, Ignorance, and Margine for Error" Kenton Machina and Harry Deutsch criticize the epistemic theory of vagueness. This paper answers their objections. The main issues discussed are: the relation between meaning and use; the principle of bivalence; the ontology of v...

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Autore principale: Williamson, T
Natura: Journal article
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Springer 2002
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Riassunto:In their paper "Vagueness, Ignorance, and Margine for Error" Kenton Machina and Harry Deutsch criticize the epistemic theory of vagueness. This paper answers their objections. The main issues discussed are: the relation between meaning and use; the principle of bivalence; the ontology of vaguely specified classes; the proper form of margin for error principles; iterations of epistemic operators and semantic compositionality; the relation of lack of it between quantum mechanics and theories of vagueness.