Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 24.729 (Fall 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Topics in Philosophy of Language: Vagueness 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Linguistics and Philosophy 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Agustin Rayo 
• Course Introduction:
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  24.729 Topics in Philosophy of Language: Vagueness
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features the list of readings as well as sample student work in assignments.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  The objective of the graduate-level course is to give people a sense of what "accounting for vagueness" is all about, why it's hard, and why it's important. This will involve surveying some prominent accounts of vagueness.