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Grading, Sorting, and the Sorites
In Felicia Ackerman, Midwest Studies in Philosophy. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 141–168 (1981)
Abstract
This chapter contains sections titled: Sorting without Gaps Sharp Semantic Cutoffs and Higher‐Order Vagueness Judgment Situations References.
grading, sorting, and sorites violating bivalence –inclined to regard certain claims about borderline cases vague predicates – semantic, rather than epistemic, matters meaning – a notoriously obscure notion aggregate score assignment of final grades dominance and absolute paradigms – unbendable rules governing the assignment of final grades Epsilon principle normative standards
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