Vagueness. Its Semantic Perceptual and Ontological Manifestations

Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Philosophy - Theoretical (Realisation Science Logic Language) language: English abstract: The text argues that vagueness may be identified on the basis of three criteria: A term is vague if 1) it generates borderline cases; 2) if its application is subject to a distinctive type of puzzle called the sorites paradox; and 3) if it cannot be applied without violating traditional rules governing classification a phenomenon known as boundarilessness.