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4174. Contradictorial Gradualism Vs. Discontinuism: Two Views On Fuzziness And The Transition ProblemLogique Et Analyse 49 (195). 2006.The dissertation has two parts, each dealing with a problem, namely: 1) What is the most adequate account of fuzziness -the so-called phenomenon of vagueness?, and 2) what is the most plausible solution to the sorites, or heap paradox? I will try to show that fuzzy properties are those which are gradual, amenable to be possessed in a greater or smaller extent. Acknowledgement of degrees in the instantiation of a property allows for a gradual transition from one opposite to the other, each interm…Read more
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4Derechos de bienestar en el pensamiento de Lorenzo PeñaDisputatio. Philosophical Research Bulletin 5 (6): 77--92. 2016.[ES] Puesto que la concepción acerca de los derechos humanos desarrollada por Lorenzo Peña está expuesta en varios artículos mencionados en la Bibliografía, durante un período que se extiende a lo largo de un par de décadas, el presente trabajo pretende elaborar una síntesis de sus ideas más sobresalientes con el objeto de ofrecer una visión panorámica de la temática propuesta. Se abordarán las cuestiones de la historia, naturaleza y fundamentos de los derechos humanos, y se culminará aludiendo …Read more
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1738Fuzziness and the sorites paradoxDissertation, Catholic University of Louvain. 2006.The dissertation has two parts, each dealing with a problem, namely: 1) What is the most adequate account of fuzziness -the so-called phenomenon of vagueness?, and 2) what is the most plausible solution to the sorites, or heap paradox? I will try to show that fuzzy properties are those which are gradual, amenable to be possessed in a greater or smaller extent. Acknowledgement of degrees in the instantiation of a property allows for a gradual transition from one opposite to the other, each …Read more
Marcelo Vasconez Carrasco
Universidad de Cuenca, República Del Ecuador
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Universidad de Cuenca, República Del EcuadorProfessor
Areas of Interest
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Other Academic Areas |