Does vagueness underlie the mass/count distinction?

• Autores: David Liebesman
• Localización: Synthese, ISSN-e 1573-0964, Vol. 193, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 185-203
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Does vagueness underlie the mass/count distinction? My answer is no. I motivate this answer in two ways. First, I argue against Chierchia’s (Synthese 174:99–149, 2010) recent attempt to explain the distinction in terms of vagueness. Second, I give a more general argument that no such account will succeed.