The Argument from Vagueness
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 4079155 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Daniel Z Korman (0000-0002-6755-4951, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2010 |
| Volumen | 5 |
| Número | 10 |
| Páginas | 891-901 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2010-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Philosophy Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1747-9991.2010.00327.x |
| OpenAlex | W2134005179 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 7 |
| Referencias citadas | 42 |
Universalism is the thesis that composition is unrestricted: for any non-overlapping objects, those objects compose something. One of the most influential arguments for universalism is the argument from vagueness, first advanced by David Lewis and later elaborated and defended by Theodore Sider. I supply a reconstruction of the argument and survey a variety of responses to it
Epistemology · Fuzzy logic · Linguistics · Mereology · Political science · Universalism · Vagueness · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Artificial Intelligence
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Ordinary Objects
The Metaphysics of Everyday Life
On Quantifier Domain Restriction
Composition as a Fiction
The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics
Metaphysical Essays
VII-Vagueness and Existence
The ontology of physical objects
A Materialist Metaphysics of the Human Person
In Defense of the Simplest Quantified Modal Logic
When Are Objects Parts
Mereological vagueness and existential vagueness
Four-Dimensionalism
Universalism, Four Dimensionalism, and Vagueness
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| Obras citantes distintas | 7 |
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| Citas por año | 0,7 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 7 |