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Linguistics and Philosophy· 2026Q1

Multiplicities of meaning: Waismann on open texture, vagueness, and ambiguity

Alnica Visser

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Friedrich Waismann's concept of 'open texture' is not the possibility of vagueness (Sorites paradoxes), but rather the possibility of polysemy, according to this analysis.

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