The Sorites Paradox Hardcover

Oms, Sergi

For centuries, the sorites paradox has spurred philosophers to think and argue about the problem of vagueness. This volume offers a guide to the paradox which is both an accessible survey and an exposition of the state of the art, with a chapter-by-chapter presentation of all of the main solutions to the paradox and of all its main areas of influence. Each chapter offers a gentle introduction to its topic, gradually building up to a final discussion of some open problems. Students will find a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of the paradox, together with lucid explanations of the challenges it continues to raise. Researchers will find exciting new ideas and debates on the paradox.

9781107163997

English

Cambridge University Press

2 January 2020

362

Sergi Oms is Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Universitat de Barcelona. He has published in a number of journals, including Disputatio. Elia Zardini is Research Fellow at the Centre of Philosophy, Universidade de Lisboa. He has published in a number of journals, including The Journal of Philosophy and The Review of Symbolic Logic, and is co-editor of Scepticism and Perceptual Justification (2014).

Sergi Oms

Elia Zardini