Epistemicism and the Problem of Arbitrariness for Vagueness

Dialogue: Journal of Phi Sigma Tau 55 (1) (2012)
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This paper distinguishes between epistemic and metaphysical problems of arbitrariness for vagueness. It argues that epistemicism can resolve the epistemic problem of arbitrariness but not the metaphysical one.

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