Topic: PRAGMATICS
On the pragmatics of vagueness
By Robert Williams
I outline the notion of an ?equivalence puzzle? and discuss how pragmatic explanations can help resolve them. I focus particularly on an equivalence puzzle given by Cian Dorr, and discuss the application of pragmatic accounts favoured by Dorr and Weatherson to this case. I conclude that a modification of the kind of account that Weatherson suggests is the best candidate for dealing with the puzzle.
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Posted by Tony Marmo
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Updated: Tuesday, 9 November 2004 08:04 GMT
