Truth-Functional and Penumbral Intuitions

Two of the main intuitions that underlie the phenomenon of vagueness are the truth-functional and the penumbral intuitions. After presenting and contrasting them, I will put forward Tappenden's gappy approach to vagueness (which takes into account the truth-functional intuition). I will contras...

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Autor: Oms Sardans, Sergi, 1974-
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2010
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositório:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/225639
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/225639
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Vaguetat (Filosofia)
Veritat
Paradoxa
Semàntica (Filosofia)
Vagueness (Philosophy)
Truth
Paradox
Semantics (Philosophy)
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Resumo:Two of the main intuitions that underlie the phenomenon of vagueness are the truth-functional and the penumbral intuitions. After presenting and contrasting them, I will put forward Tappenden's gappy approach to vagueness (which takes into account the truth-functional intuition). I will contrast Tappenden's view with another of the theories of vagueness that see it as a semantic phenomenon: Supervaluationism (which takes into account the penumbral intuition). Then I will analyze some objections to Tappenden's approach and some objections to Supervaluationism. Finally, I will present my own worries about Tappenden's account.