Event Location and Vagueness.

Most event-referring expressions are vague it is utterly difficult, if not impossible, to specify the exact spatiotemporal location of an event from the words that we use to refer to it. We argue that in spite of certain prima facie obstacles, such vagueness can be given a purely semantic (broadly s...

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Published in:Philosophical Studies Vol. 128; no. 2; pp. 313 - 337
Main Authors: Borghini, Andrea, Varzi, Achille
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2006
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Summary:Most event-referring expressions are vague it is utterly difficult, if not impossible, to specify the exact spatiotemporal location of an event from the words that we use to refer to it. We argue that in spite of certain prima facie obstacles, such vagueness can be given a purely semantic (broadly supervaluational) account.