supervaluationism
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Supervaluationism — In logic, supervaluationism is a semantics for dealing with irreferential singular terms and vagueness. Consider the sentence Pegasus likes licorice in which the name Pegasus fails to refer. What should its truth value be? There is nothing in the … Wikipedia
Vagueness — Ambiguity is one way in which the meanings of words and phrases can be unclear, but there is another way, which is different from ambiguity: vagueness. One example of a vague concept is the concept of a heap. Two or three grains of sand is not a… … Wikipedia
Sorites paradox — The Sorites paradox ( σωρός ( sōros ) being Greek for heap and σωρίτης ( sōritēs ) the adjective) is a paradox that arises from vague predicates. The paradox of the heap is an example of this paradox which arises when one considers a heap of sand … Wikipedia
supertrue — adjective In supervaluationism, necessarily true regardless of the values of variables. I am happy or I am not happy is supertrue, because I must be one or the other … Wiktionary
supervaluation — noun The valuation of a logical expression according to supervaluationism … Wiktionary
supertruth — noun In supervaluationism, the quality of being supertrue … Wiktionary
superfalse — adjective In supervaluationism, necessarily false regardless of the values of variables … Wiktionary
