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41Frege's view on vaguenessManuscrito 26 (2): 253-277. 2003.The purpose of this paper is to discuss Frege’s view on vagueness, and to draw some relevant consequences of it. By examining what exactly Frege has in mind each time he complains about vagueness and advocates the sharpness requirement, I argue that he shows preoccupation with different kinds of vagueness in different periods of his thought. I also discuss the scope of the sharpness requirement, and argue that it is intended as applying primarily to mathematics and logic. Finally, I try and argu…Read more
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196Why Frege would not be a neo‐FregeanMind 112 (445): 51-78. 2003.In this paper, I seek to clarify an aspect of Frege's thought that has been only insufficiently explained in the literature, namely, his notion of logical objects. I adduce some elements of Frege's philosophy that elucidate why he saw extensions as natural candidates for paradigmatic cases of logical objects. Moreover, I argue (against the suggestion of some contemporary scholars, in particular, Wright and Boolos) that Frege could not have taken Hume's Principle instead of Axiom V as a fundament…Read more
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97Deferred Utterances and Proper ContextsDisputatio 4 (34): 807-822. 2012.Ruffino-Marco_Deferred-utterances-and-proper-contexts
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