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In Vagueness and Degrees of Truth, Nicholas Smith develops a new theory of vagueness: fuzzy plurivaluationism.A predicate is said to be vague if there is no sharply defined boundary between the things to which it applies and the things to which it does not apply. For example, ''heavy'' is vague in a way that ''weighs over 20 kilograms'' is not. A great many predicates - both in everyday talk, and ...
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In Vagueness and Degrees of Truth, Nicholas Smith develops a new theory of vagueness: fuzzy plurivaluationism.A predicate is said to be vague if there is no sharply defined boundary between the things to which it applies and the things to which it does not apply. For example, ''heavy'' is vague in a way that ''weighs over 20 kilograms'' is not. A great many predicates - both in everyday talk, and ...
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