vagueness

In Rebus Vagueness: The World’s Indeterminacy

In rebus vagueness posits that vagueness is an inherent property of reality itself, not merely a limitation of our language…

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Higher-Order Vagueness

Higher-order vagueness concerns the application of vagueness itself, especially with predicates that are borderline cases of borderline cases. It explores…

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Gap – Truth-Value Gap

A truth-value gap occurs when a statement lacks a definite truth value (true or false). This concept is crucial in…

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Eubulides’ Paradoxes

Eubulides of Miletus proposed several paradoxes, most famously the Liar Paradox. These logical puzzles highlight contradictions arising from self-referential statements,…

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Epistemicism: The Unknowable Truths

Epistemicism posits the existence of truths that are inherently unknowable. This philosophical stance is often invoked to address paradoxes like…

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Epistemic Vagueness

Epistemic vagueness posits that vagueness stems from limitations in human knowledge, not from the world or language itself. It contrasts…

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Degree-Theoretic Semantics

Degree-theoretic semantics measures sentence truth in degrees, moving beyond binary true/false. This approach is vital for fuzzy logic and theories…

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