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1. • • vagueness noun /ˈveɪɡnəs/ /ˈveɪɡnəs/ [uncountable] the fact of not being clear in a person's mind
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   What is an example of vagueness?

   • Vagueness is standardly defined as the possession of borderline cases. For example, ‘tall’ is vague because a man who is 1.8 meters in height is neither clearly tall nor clearly non-tall. No amount of conceptual analysis or empirical investigation can settle whether a 1.8 meter man is tall. Borderline cases are inquiry resistant.

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   Why does vagueness exist?

   • ‘Vague’ has a sense that is synonymous with abnormal generality. This precipitates many equivocal explanations of vagueness. For instance, many commentators say that vagueness exists because broad categories ease the task of classification. If I can describe your sweater as red, then I do not need to ascertain whether it is scarlet.

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   Is 'vagueness' the same as 'decapitation'?

   • But that would amount to changing the topic to an issue that merely sounds the same as decapitation. Vagueness is standardly defined as the possession of borderline cases. For example, ‘tall’ is vague because a man who is 1.8 meters in height is neither clearly tall nor clearly non-tall.

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   Is vagueness a virtue or a vice?

   • The Closeness definition does not cover everything to which the term ‘vague’ has ever been applied. I regard this as a virtue, not a vice. As discussed in § 3.1, a definition of vagueness should get to the essence of the phenomenon that philosophers have been investigating under the heading ‘vagueness’.

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   What is the logic of vagueness?

   • Instead of there being one vague concept, there are many precise concepts that closely resemble each other. ‘Child’ can mean a human being at most one day old or mean a human being at most two days old or mean a human being at most three days old …. Thus the logic of vagueness is a logic for equivocators.

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   Is vagueness linguistic?

   • The vagueness is pictorial rather than discursive. So one cannot conclude that vagueness is linguistic merely from the premise that vagueness is representational. Or consider vague instrumental music such as Claude Debussy’s “The Clouds”. Music has syntax but too little semantics to qualify as language.

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   Feb 8, 1997 · This contrast between vagueness and ambiguity is obscured by the fact that most words are both vague and ambiguous. ‘Child’ is ambiguous between ‘offspring’ and ‘immature offspring’. The latter reading of ‘child’ is vague because there are borderline cases of immature offspring.

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   Feb 8, 1997 · Vagueness is standardly defined as the possession of borderline cases. For example, ‘tall’ is vague because a man who is 1.8 meters in height is neither clearly tall nor clearly non-tall. No amount of conceptual analysis or empirical investigation can settle whether a 1.8 meter man is tall.

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7. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › vaguenessVagueness Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   ˈvāg. : characterized by such a lack of precision that a person of ordinary intelligence would have to guess if particular conduct is being proscribed : characterized by a failure to describe forbidden conduct in terms sufficient to provide fair warning. an unconstitutionally vague law.

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   This chapter presents a definition of vagueness. Section 3.1 explains what the task of defining vagueness involves, and why this task is important. Section 3.2 examines and criticizes existing definitions of vagueness. Section 3.3 explains a key notion necessary for an understanding of the book's definition of vagueness.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › vaguenessVAGUENESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   VAGUENESS definition: 1. the quality of not being clearly expressed, known, described, or decided: 2. behaviour that…. Learn more.

10. www.oxfordbibliographies.com › abstract › documentVagueness - Philosophy - Oxford Bibliographies

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    Jun 29, 2011 · A detailed overview of the contemporary debate concerning the nature of vagueness. Provides illuminating summaries of many of the most important works on vagueness. Includes discussion of ontic vagueness. Sainsbury, R. M. “Vagueness: the Paradox of the Heap.” In Paradoxes. 3d ed. By R. M. Sainsbury, 40–68.

11. www.cambridge.org › theories-vaguenessTheories of Vagueness | Philosophy of mind and language

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    1. The phenomena of vagueness 2. How to theorise about vagueness 3. The epistemic view of vagueness 4. Between truth and falsity: many-valued logics 5. Vagueness by numbers 6. The pragmatic account of vagueness 7. Supervaluationism 8. Truth is super-truth References Index.