supervaluationism

supervaluationism
A semantics for dealing with irreferential singular terms and vagueness.
See Also: supervaluation, supervaluationist

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  • Supervaluationism — In logic, supervaluationism is a semantics for dealing with irreferential singular terms and vagueness. Consider the sentence Pegasus likes licorice in which the name Pegasus fails to refer. What should its truth value be? There is nothing in the …   Wikipedia

  • Vagueness — Ambiguity is one way in which the meanings of words and phrases can be unclear, but there is another way, which is different from ambiguity: vagueness. One example of a vague concept is the concept of a heap. Two or three grains of sand is not a… …   Wikipedia

  • Sorites paradox — The Sorites paradox ( σωρός ( sōros ) being Greek for heap and σωρίτης ( sōritēs ) the adjective) is a paradox that arises from vague predicates. The paradox of the heap is an example of this paradox which arises when one considers a heap of sand …   Wikipedia

  • supertrue — adjective In supervaluationism, necessarily true regardless of the values of variables. I am happy or I am not happy is supertrue, because I must be one or the other …   Wiktionary

  • supervaluation — noun The valuation of a logical expression according to supervaluationism …   Wiktionary

  • supertruth — noun In supervaluationism, the quality of being supertrue …   Wiktionary

  • superfalse — adjective In supervaluationism, necessarily false regardless of the values of variables …   Wiktionary

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