The Possibility of Partial Definition

Cuts and Clouds: Vaguenesss, its Nature, and its Logic

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Soames, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Context sensitivity; Logical laws; Partial definition; Penumbral truths; Vagueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921555632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570386.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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