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Mind 2008 117(466):329-373; doi:10.1093/mind/fzn029
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© Rayo 2008

Vague Representation

Agustín Rayo

Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave 32-D932, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA arayo{at}mit.edu


  Abstract

The goal of this paper is to develop a theory of content for vague language. My proposal is based on the following three theses: (1) language-mastery is not rulebased— it involves a certain kind of decision-making; (2) a theory of content is to be thought of instrumentally—it is a tool for making sense of our linguistic practice; and (3) linguistic contents are only locally defined—they are only defined relative to suitably constrained sets of possibilities.


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