Epistemicism and semanticism, vagueness and sorites

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https://doi.org/10.4013/fsu.2024.253.03

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epistemicism, semanticism, vagueness, sorites.

Abstract

Despite the differences, current epistemicist and semanticist proposals for treating vagueness and sorites converge on the thesis that it is not possible to know borderline cases of vagueness. We will try to show that there are good reasons to believe this is false.

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Emerson Carlos Valcarenghi, Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI

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2024-11-28

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VALCARENGHI, E. C. Epistemicism and semanticism, vagueness and sorites. Filosofia Unisinos / Unisinos Journal of Philosophy, São Leopoldo, v. 25, n. 3, p. 1–25, 2024. DOI: 10.4013/fsu.2024.253.03. Disponível em: https://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/filosofia/article/view/27189. Acesso em: 29 apr. 2025.

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Vol. 25 No. 3 (2024): Set-Dez

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