Iterating Definiteness

Cian Dorr

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Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Philosophy and Theoretical Science

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Abstract This chapter argues that higher-order vagueness is universal: no sentence whatsoever is definitely true, definitely definitely true, definitely definitely definitely true, and so on ad infinitum. The argument, of which there are several versions, turns on the existence of Sorites sequences of possible worlds connecting the actual world to possible worlds where a given sentence is used in such a way that its meaning is very different. The chapter attempts to be neutral between competing accounts of the nature of vagueness and definiteness.

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1983New work for a theory of universals 1970CONVENTION: A PHILOSOPHICAL STUDY 1975Vagueness, truth and logic 2001Conceptual Analysis and Reductive Explanation 2007The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language 1987Further Reflections on the Sorites Paradox 1998The Modal Argument: Wide Scope and Rigidified Descriptions 2006Metaphysical Essays

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