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Vagueness, logic, and definite truth

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This thesis brings together five essays which develop the theme of boundarylessness as presented in Mark Sainsbury’s ‘Concepts without boundaries’ (1990). According to Sainsbury’s picture, vague concepts classify, not by drawing set-theoretic boundaries, but rather in a manner akin to magnetic poles—certain paradigm instances of vague concepts behave like magnetic poles, and exert various degrees of influence on a domain of objects. The question then arises as to the logic of vagueness tha...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
Oxford college:
Christ Church
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
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Supervisor
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Philosophy Faculty
Role:
Supervisor

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Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
University of Oxford

Language:
English
Deposit date:
2024-06-29
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