Single Idea 15363

[catalogued under 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / f. Supervaluation for vagueness]

Full Idea

If 'Britain is large' and 'Italy is large' lack truth values, then so must 'Britain or Italy is large' - so on the supervaluationist account the truth value of a disjunction is not determined by the truth values of its disjuncts.

Gist of Idea

In the supervaluationist account, disjunctions are not determined by their disjuncts

Source

Leon Horsten (The Tarskian Turn [2011], 06.2)

Book Reference

Horsten,Leon: 'The Tarskian Turn' [MIT 2011], p.73


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Related Idea

Idea 15362 If 'Italy is large' lacks truth, so must 'Italy is not large'; but classical logic says it's large or it isn't [Horsten]