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Common terms and phrasesadmissible interpretations admissible valuation answer apply argue assertion bivalence borderline boundaries Chrysippus classical logic clear clearly concept conclusion conditional conjunction defined definitely degree of truth discriminate disjunction epistemic view error principle exactly example excluded middle expression fact formulas Frege functor fuzzy globally valid grains Hallden's heap height on day higher-order vagueness indiscriminable inference KK principle latter law of excluded least logically perfect language looks on consideration many-valued logic margin for error mathematical induction meaning millimetre modus ponens negation nihilist normal notion object perfectly true philosophical precise predicate principle of bivalence proposition question reasonable relation relevant Russell Russell's Section semantics sense sorites argument sorites paradoxes sorites series specific square Stac Polly stipulations Stoic supertrue supertruth supervaluationist supervaluations supposed theory three-valued three-valued logic true or false true to degree truth-value TW is thin two-valued unclear vague language vague utterances view of vagueness Waismann word References to this bookFrom other books
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