Incommensurability and Vagueness.

Discusses questions about incommensurability between theories. Areas in philosophy in which issues about commensurability play a role; Sources of philosophers' resistance to incommensurability and the extent to which they can overcome such resistance; Accounts of vagueness.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Nous (0029-4624) Vol. 31; no. 3; pp. 385 - 408
Main Author:	Leeds, Stephen
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Sep97
Subjects:	Vagueness (Philosophy) Philosophy
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	Discusses questions about incommensurability between theories. Areas in philosophy in which issues about commensurability play a role; Sources of philosophers' resistance to incommensurability and the extent to which they can overcome such resistance; Accounts of vagueness.