Vagueness, conditionals, and context-sensitivity
Beevers, Tom (2024) Vagueness, conditionals, and context-sensitivity. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly. (In Press)
Abstract
I argue that practically all vague language is context-sensitive in a covert and unfamiliar way. I first outline a novel puzzle concerning the interaction of conditionals and vagueness. I then argue that the best way of resolving the puzzle is through positing context-sensitive penumbral connections between sundry parts of language. I argue that these penumbral connections shift through a distinct form of Lewisian accommodation. The upshot is that meaning is a far shiftier thing than has typically been thought.
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