Higher-Order Vagueness and Numbers of Distinct Modalities

Disputatio (39):131-137 (2014)
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This paper shows that the following common assumption is false: that in modal-logical representations of higher-order vagueness, for there to be borderline cases to borderline cases ad infinitum, the number of possible distinct modalities in a modal system must be infinite. (Open access journal)

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10.2478/disp-2014-0009

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