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URL:https://www.ub.edu/grc_logos/activities/vague-objects-and-multiple-ref
 erence/
SUMMARY:Vague Objects and Multiple Reference
DESCRIPTION:Kilimanjaro is an example of what some philosophers would call 
 a &#39\;vague object&#39\;: it is only roughly 5895 metres tall\, its weig
 ht is not precise and its boundaries are fuzzy because some particles are 
 neither determinately part of it nor determinately not part of it. It has 
 been suggested that this vagueness arises as a result of semantic indecisi
 on: it is because we did not make up our mind what the expression &ldquo\;
 Kilimanjaro&rdquo\; applies to that we can truthfully say such things as &
 ldquo\;It is indeterminate whether this particle is part of Kilimanjaro&rd
 quo\;. This approach\, however\, has several intrinsic limitations. After 
 reviewing some of these limitations\, I will sketch the contours of an alt
 ernative account\, based on the idea of a sui generis semantic relation &n
 dash\; multiple reference &ndash\; capable of holding in a one-many patter
 n between certain terms of our language &ndash\; multiply referring terms 
 &ndash\; and several objects in the domain\, instead of just one. I will e
 xplain how multiple reference works\, what differentiates it from plural r
 eference and how it might be used to accommodate at least some aspects of 
 our ordinary discourse about vague objects.
CATEGORIES:Seminar
LOCATION:Seminari de Filosofia UB
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