On the psychology of vague predicates

Nicolao Bonini; Daniel Osherson; Riccardo Viale; Timothy Williamson

doi:10.1111/1468-0017.00117

On the psychology of vague predicates

Nicolao Bonini, Daniel Osherson, Riccardo Viale, Timothy Williamson

Psychology

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Abstract

Most speakers experience unclarity about the application of predicates like tall and red to liminal cases. We formulate alternative psychological hypotheses about the nature of this unclarity, and report experiments that provide a partial test of them. A psychologized version of the 'vagueness-as-ignorance' theory is then advanced and defended.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	377-393
Number of pages	17
Journal	Mind and Language
Volume	14
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00117
State	Published - Dec 1999

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Language and Linguistics
Philosophy
Linguistics and Language

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