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Vagueness
Article in the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, by Roy Sorensen. (infos)Russell on Vagueness
Online text of Russell's 1923 article. (infos)
Vagueness, Semantics, and the Language of Thought
Article by Richard DeWitt. (infos)
How to Make Our Ideas Clear
1878 article Charles Pierce. (infos)
Vagueness and Identity
Article by Loretta Torrago presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. Makes the surprising argument that vagueness in identity statements is incompatible with vagueness of constitution. (infos)
Where Demonstratives Meet Vagueness: Possible Languages
Article by Adam Morton, which appeared in Proc. Aristotelian Society. Argues that vagueness and demonstratives are connected, by means of constructing artificial languages in which the relationships are manufactured. (infos)
Vagueness and the Sorites Paradox
Site maintained by Justin Needle. Extensive links, and excerpts from his PhD thesis `Ruling Out the Sorites: Vagueness, Rules, Wittgenstein'. (infos)
Liars and Heaps: The Logic and Semantics of Paradox
A conference to be held at the University of Connecticut, USA, on 11th-13th October 2002. (infos)
Vagueness and Ambiguity
A little test to help distinguish vagueness from ambiguity (from San Jose University's critical thinking pages). (infos)
Vagueness and the Sorites Paradox
A resource for philosophers and other researchers, including a bibliography on vagueness, plus lists of online articles, homepages of people working in the area and related external resources. (infos)