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Quantitative supervaluationism

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: So far, the method of supervaluations has been mainly employed to define a non-gradable property of sentences, supertruth, in order to provide an analysis of truth. But it is also possible, and arguably at least as plausible, to define a gradable property of sentences along the same lines. This paper presents a supervaluationist semantics that is quantitative rather than qualitative. As will be shown, there are at least two distinct interpretations of the semantics — one alethic, the other epistemic — which can coherently be adopted to address key issues such as vagueness and future contingents.

Source: Synthese

DOI: 10.1007/s11229-025-05009-3

Authors: Andrea Iacona, Samuele Iaquinto

Institutions: University of Turin, Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”

Language: English

Topic: Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,190