The Sorites paradox /
edited by Sergi Oms, Elia Zardini.
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- 1 online resource (ix, 334 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Classic philosophical arguments .
- Classic philosophical arguments. .
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Epistemicism and the Sorites paradox / Ofra Magidor -- Supervaluationism, subvaluationism and the Sorites paradox / Pablo Cobreros and Luca Tranchini -- Contextualism and the Sorites paradox / Inga Bones and Diana Raman -- Incoherentism and the Sorites paradox / Matti Eklund -- Intuitionism and the Sorites paradox / Crispin Wright -- Rejection of excluded middle and the Sorites paradox / Scott Soames -- Dialetheism and the Sorites paradox / Graham Priest -- Degree theory and the Sorites paradox / Francesco Paoli -- Non-transitivism and the Sorites paradox / Elia Zardini -- The Sorites paradox in philosophy of logic / Sergi Oms -- The Sorites paradox in metaphysics / Irem Kurtsal -- The Sorites paradox in practical philosophy / Hrafn Asgeirsson -- The Sorites paradox in linguistics / Chris Kennedy -- The Sorites paradox in psychology / Paul Égré, David Ripley and Steven Verheyen -- The pre-analytic history of the Sorites paradox / Ricardo Santos.
For centuries, the sorites paradox has spurred philosophers to think and argue about the problem of vagueness. This volume offers a guide to the paradox which is both an accessible survey and an exposition of the state of the art, with a chapter-by-chapter presentation of all of the main solutions to the paradox and of all its main areas of influence. Each chapter offers a gentle introduction to its topic, gradually building up to a final discussion of some open problems. Students will find a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of the paradox, together with lucid explanations of the challenges it continues to raise. Researchers will find exciting new ideas and debates on the paradox.