Vagueness/Indeterminacy

(4 Credits)

Over the last few decades there has been a large and growing interest in vagueness. This seminar will cover some of the developments in the area and their applications to other topics. Possible theories of vagueness to be considered include: supervaluationism; epistemicism; many-valued approaches; and globalism. Possible applications include: the sorites; the connection with the semantic paradoxes; luminosity; and vagueness in the world.