Vagueness and Contradiction

by RoySorensen (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2001

  $181.17

  This is Roy Sorensens original treatment of the ancient problem of vagueness. According to his approach, the answer to questions like 'Did Buddha become a fat man in one second?' and 'Is there a tallest short giraffe?' is yes! This title says serious things about language and logic, about the way the world is and about our understanding of it.

• New

  Paperback
  2004

  $51.34

  Roy Sorensen presents a lively original treatment of the ancient problem of vagueness. There may seem to be vagueness in the way the world is divided up, but Sorensen argues that the divisions are in fact sharp - it's just that we often don't know where they are, and so find this hard to believe.