[FOM] vagueness in mathematics?

Timothy Y. Chow tchow at alum.mit.edu
Fri Feb 17 17:00:59 EST 2017


On Fri, 17 Feb 2017, Charlie wrote:
> 	Consider Kripke's own example of "quus":
>
>  x ? y =  x + y,  if x, y < 57
>        = 5          otherwise.

I think it is best if I avoid getting into a debate as to whether Chow's 
version of Kripke's version of Wittgenstein is more authentic than 
Silver's version of Kripke's version of Wittgenstein.  Let me just say 
that I see a difference between ChowKripkenstein and SilverKripkenstein 
and I think that ChowKripkenstein is a much deeper skeptical argument 
about vagueness than SilverKripkenstein (or least than 
ChowSilverKripkenstein).

Tim


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