Original scientific paper

Borderline Cases and Definiteness

Zoltán Vecsey ; Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary

Abstract

Borderline cases of vague predicates are often characterized with the help of a definiteness operator. Although such operators can certainly contribute to the solution of the problem of vagueness, they may also generate unexpected consequences. Either borderlineness is identified implicitly with a well-defined range of cases, or borderline cases are seen as being definitely borderline. In this paper I argue that we can avoid these consequences by providing an asymmetric definition of borderline cases.

Keywords

Asymmetric definition; borderline cases; definiteness; vagueness

Hrčak ID:

93135

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/93135

Publication date:

30.11.2012.

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