TY - JOUR
T1 - Vagueness and Existence
AU - Hawley, Katherine Jane
PY - 2002/6
Y1 - 2002/6
N2 - Vague existence can seem like the worst kind of vagueness in the world, or seem to be an entirely unintelligible notion. This bad reputation is based upon the rumour that if there is vague existence then there are non-existent objects. But the rumour is false: the modest brand of vague existence entailed by certain metaphysical theories of composition does not deserve its bad reputation.
AB - Vague existence can seem like the worst kind of vagueness in the world, or seem to be an entirely unintelligible notion. This bad reputation is based upon the rumour that if there is vague existence then there are non-existent objects. But the rumour is false: the modest brand of vague existence entailed by certain metaphysical theories of composition does not deserve its bad reputation.
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UR - http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~kjh5/OnlinePapers/VaguenessandExistence.pdf
U2 - 10.1111/j.0066-7372.2003.00046.x
DO - 10.1111/j.0066-7372.2003.00046.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0066-7374
VL - 102
SP - 125
EP - 140
JO - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
JF - Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society
IS - 1
ER -