Event Location and Vagueness

Philosophical Studies 128 (2):313-336 (2006)
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Abstract

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

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Achille C. Varzi
Columbia University
Andrea Borghini
Università degli Studi di Milano

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