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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.

Vagueness (Philosophy) --- Sorites paradox --- Sorites paradox.

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Vagueness is currently the subject of vigorous debate in the philosophy of logic and language. Vague terms - such as 'tall', 'red', 'bald', and 'tadpole' - have borderline cases (arguably, someone may be neither tall nor not tall); and they lack well-defined extensions (there is no sharp boundary between tall people and the rest). So the phenomenon of vagueness poses a fundamental challenge to classical logic and semantics, which assumes that propositions are either true or false and that extensions are determinate. Another striking problem to which vagueness gives rise is the sorites paradox. If you remove one grain from a heap of sand, surely you must be left with a heap. Yet apply this principle repeatedly as you remove grains one by one, and you end up, absurdly, with a solitary grain that counts as a heap. This anthology collects for the first time the most important papers in the area.

Logic --- Philosophy of language --- Vagueness (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Philosophy & Religion --- Human-computer interaction. --- Kunstmatige intelligentie. --- Mens-computer interactie. --- Vagueness (philosophy)

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Peirce, Charles Sanders --- Philosophy, American --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Fuzzy logic --- Philosophie américaine --- Philosophie analytique --- Sémantique (Philosophie) --- Logique floue --- Peirce, Charles S. --- Pierce, Charles Sanders, --- Sémiotique --- Vagueness (Philosophy) --- 7728 --- Peirce, Charles S --- Philosophy --- -Contributions in philosophy of religion --- Vagueness (Philosophy). --- Peirce, Charles Sanders, --- Philosophie américaine --- Sémantique (Philosophie) --- --Vagueness (Philosophy) --- Peirce, C. S. --- Pirs, Charlz S., --- Peirce, Charles Santiago Sanders, --- Pʻo-erh-ssu, --- Pʻo-erh-ssu, Chʻa-li-ssu, --- Purs, Charls, --- Пърс, Чарлс, --- Chaersi Sangdesi Piersi, --- 查尔斯·桑德斯·皮尔斯, --- Peirce, Charles Sanders, - 1839-1914 --- Pierce, Charles Sanders, 1839-1914 --- Peirce, Charles Sanders (1839-1914) --- Logique moderne --- Vague (philosophie) --- Signification (philosophie) --- Critique et interprétation

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Liar paradox --- Reference (Philosophy) --- Truth --- Vagueness (Philosophy) --- Philosophy --- Conviction --- Belief and doubt --- Skepticism --- Certainty --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Pragmatism --- Referring, Theory of --- Theory of referring --- Antinomy of the liar --- Epimenidean paradox --- Liar antinomy --- Paradox of Epimenides --- Paradox of Russell --- Paradox of the liar --- Russell's paradox --- Logic --- Paradox --- Semantics (Philosophy) --- Truth. --- Liar paradox.

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Au-delà d’une seule recherche historique et sans se limiter à l’analyse d’une forme photographique, cette étude aborde le flou à l’aune des enjeux phénoménologiques qu’il soulève. À partir d’une enquête minutieuse dans les textes historiques français – du xviie au xxe siècle – sur la manière dont le « flou » est mobilisé et discuté, l’étude aborde d’abord ses particularités dans la peinture, avec un détour par le cinéma. Elle tente ainsi de mieux saisir la complexité de la fortune critique de la notion au xixe siècle et l’histoire de sa légitimation dans le champ photographique qui éclot véritablement dans la seconde moitié du xxe siècle. Tiraillé entre l’erreur technique primaire qu’il désigne et les ambitions artistiques qu’il promet, le flou engage souvent des enjeux contradictoires : il contribue à la fois à renforcer la mimêsis et à la détruire ; il affirme des valeurs bourgeoises tout en étant aussi un agent révolutionnaire ; il est associé à la pratique amateure comme à l’expertise technique la plus aboutie. Artistiques, moraux, sociaux, politiques, philosophiques et psychanalytiques, les débats soulevés par la forme témoignent du puissant levier que représente le flou pour articuler une réflexion critique sur l’histoire de la photographie dans la perspective d’une philosophie du regard.

Photographie --- Flou (esthétique). --- Thèmes, motifs. --- Flou (esthétique) --- Photography, Artistic --- Vagueness (Philosophy) --- Photography --- Photographie artistique --- Vague (Philosophie) --- History. --- Special effects. --- Philosophy. --- Histoire. --- Effets spéciaux. --- Philosophie. --- Philosophy --- Special effects --- Arts & Humanities --- avant-garde --- photographie --- cinéma --- peinture --- technique --- Aesthetics --- Art and photography