Vagueness, logic and ontology - Hyde, Dominic (Ashgate, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-217) and index
Vagueness -- Russell's representational theory -- Descriptive representationalism -- Going non-classical : gaps and gluts -- Ontological vagueness -- Vague individuation and counting -- The logic of vagueness
Vagueness, Logic and Ontology explores various responses to the philosophical problems generated by vagueness and its associated paradox - the sorites paradox. Hyde argues that the theoretical space in which vagueness is sometimes ontologically grounded and modelled by a truth-functional logic affords a coherent response to the problems posed by vagueness. Showing how the concept of vagueness can be applied to the world, Hyde's ontological account proposes a substantial revision of orthodox semantics, metaphysics and logic. This book will be of particular interest to readers in philosophy, lin