Acceptable Contradictions: Pragmatics or Semantics? A Reply to Cobreros et al.

• DOI: 10.1007/s10992-012-9241-7
• Publication Date: 2012-08-14T03:52:55Z
• Authors: Sam Alxatib; Peter Pagin; Uli Sauerland
• Keywords: Conjunction (astronomy); Negation

Naive speakers find some logical contradictions acceptable, specifically borderline contradictions involving vague predicates such as Joe is and isn't tall. In a recent paper, Cobreros et al. (J Ph ...