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(2016) Synthese 193 (1).

Does vagueness underlie the mass/count distinction?

David Liebesman

pp. 185-203

Does vagueness underlie the mass/count distinction? My answer is no. I motivate this answer in two ways. First, I argue against Chierchia’s (Synthese 174:99–149, 2010) recent attempt to explain the distinction in terms of vagueness. Second, I give a more general argument that no such account will succeed.

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DOI: 10.1007/s11229-015-0752-y

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Liebesman, D. (2016). Does vagueness underlie the mass/count distinction?. Synthese 193 (1), pp. 185-203.

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