Vagueness and modality - An ecumenical approach
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Litland, Jon Erling and Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani. (2016). Vagueness and modality - An ecumenical approach. Philosophical Perspectives. 30(1), pp. 229 - 269. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpe.12088
Authors | Litland, Jon Erling and Yli-Vakkuri, Juhani |
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Abstract | [Extract] How does vagueness interact with metaphysical modality and with restrictions of it, such as nomological modality? In particular, how do definiteness, necessity (understood as restricted in some way or not), and actuality interact? This paper proposes a model‐theoretic framework for investigating the logic and semantics of that interaction. The framework is put forward in an ecumenical spirit: it is intended to be applicable to all theories of vagueness that express vagueness using a definiteness (or: determinacy) operator. We will show how epistemicists, supervaluationists, and theorists of metaphysical vagueness like Barnes and Williams (2010) can interpret the framework.1 We will also present a complete axiomatization of the logic we recommend to both epistemicists and local supervaluationists. |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Philosophical Perspectives |
Journal citation | 30 (1), pp. 229 - 269 |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. |
ISSN | 1520-8583 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/phpe.12088 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85015292553 |
Page range | 229 - 269 |
Research Group | Dianoia Institute of Philosophy |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | United States of America |
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