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Language, Thought and the Epistemic Theory of Vagueness

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dc.contributor.authorJackson, Frank
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T23:23:49Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.date.updated2015-12-12T09:17:45Z
dc.description.abstractThere are borderline cases of baldness, cases where we are in principle unable to say whether or not a subject is or is not bald. According to the epistemic theory of vagueness, when X is on the borderline, 'X is bald' either is true or is false, and X either definitely is or definitely is not bald, though we cannot determine which it is. There is, that is, such a thing as the correct verdict but we cannot tell which one it is. I argue that the role of language in communicating our thought about how things are makes a strong argument against this theory.
dc.identifier.issn0271-5309
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/91935
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceLanguage and Communication
dc.subjectKeywords: Epistemic theory of vagueness; Meaning and use; Vagueness
dc.titleLanguage, Thought and the Epistemic Theory of Vagueness
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage279
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage269
local.contributor.affiliationJackson, Frank, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidJackson, Frank, u8606954
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor220313 - Philosophy of Language
local.identifier.ariespublicationMigratedxPub22861
local.identifier.citationvolume22
local.identifier.doi10.1016/S0271-5309(02)00007-1
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-23744476075
local.type.statusPublished Version

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