Thisness and vagueness

DOI10.1007/BF00869393zbMath0519.03003OpenAlexW2072082987MaRDI QIDQ1054713

Graeme Forbes

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00869393

zbMATH Keywords

modalityvaguenessidentitycounterpart theoryChisholm's paradoxessentialismprinciple of toleranceSorites-paradoxthe four worlds paradox

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fuzzy logic; logic of vagueness (03B52) Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05)

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