Sainsbury, R. M. (Richard Mark)Kamp, Hans2015-09-082018-01-222018-01-222015-05May 2015http://hdl.handle.net/2152/30994I propose a new theory of vagueness centered around the epistemology and normativity of vagueness. The theory is a version of epistemicism—the view that vagueness is a fundamentally epistemic phenomenon—that improves upon existing epistemicist accounts by accommodating both the alleged tolerance and open texture of vague predicates, while foregoing excessive metaphysical commitments. I offer a novel solution to the infamous Sorites paradox, one that outrivals alternative contextualist theories in their ability to explain the phenomenology of vagueness as well as its deontic consequences.application/pdfenVaguenessEpistemologyLogicThesis2015-09-08