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Vagueness and Language Use

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  1. Paul Égré

    1. Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris, France

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  2. Nathan Klinedinst

    1. University College London, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Vagueness and Language Use

    1. Introduction: Vagueness and Language Use

      • Paul Égré, Nathan Klinedinst
      Pages 1-21

  3. Measurement and Comparison

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Vagueness and Scales

      • Scott Fults
      Pages 25-50

    3. Implicit versus Explicit Comparatives

      • Robert van Rooij
      Pages 51-72

    4. Vagueness and Comparison

      • Christopher Kennedy
      Pages 73-97

    5. The Inhabitants of Vagueness Models

      • Galit W. Sassoon
      Pages 98-118

  4. Approximators and Intensifiers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Two Types of Vagueness

      • Uli Sauerland, Penka Stateva
      Pages 121-145

    3. Degree Modifiers and Monotonicity

      • Rick Nouwen
      Pages 146-164

    4. Clarity as Objectivized Belief

      • Lavi Wolf, Ariel Cohen
      Pages 165-190

    5. Commentary on Wolf and Cohen: Reasoning about Public Evidence

      • Chris Barker
      Pages 191-203

  5. The Sorites Paradox

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Supervaluationism and Fara’s Argument Concerning Higher-Order Vagueness

      • Pablo Cobreros
      Pages 207-221

    3. Truth in a Region

      • Delia Graff Fara
      Pages 222-248

    4. Vagueness and Practical Interest

      • Paula Sweeney, Elia Zardini
      Pages 249-282

    5. Vagueness and Domain Restriction

      • Peter Pagin
      Pages 283-307

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 308-319
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About this book

This volume brings together twelve papers by linguists and philosophers contributing novel empirical and formal considerations to theorizing about vagueness. Three main issues are addressed: gradable expressions and comparison, the semantics of degree adverbs and intensifiers (such as 'clearly'), and ways of evading the sorites paradox.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut Jean-Nicod, Paris, France

    Paul Égré

  • University College London, UK

    Nathan Klinedinst

About the editors

CHRIS BARKER is Professor, Department of Linguistics, New York University, USA PABLO COBREROS teaches Logic and Philosophy of Science at The University of Navarra, Spain ARIEL COHEN is Senior Lecturer of Linguistics, Ben Gurion University, Israel DELIA GRAFF FARA is Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Princeton University, USA SCOTT FULTS University of Maryland, USA CHRISTOPHER KENNEDY is Professor and Chair, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago, USA RICK NOUWEN is Senior Research Fellow, Utrecht Institute for Linguistics, The Netherlands PETER PAGIN Department of Philosophy, Stockholm University, Sweden GALIT W. SASSOON Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands ULI SAUERLAND is Research Team Leader at the Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS) Berlin, Germany PENKA STATEVA is Associate Professor of Linguistics University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia PAULA SWEENEY is Research and Operations Officer, Department of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, UK ROBERT VAN ROOIJ Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands LAVI WOLF Department of Foreign Literature, Ben Gurion University, Israel ELIA ZARDINI is Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the Northern Institute of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, UK

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