Single Idea 6978

[catalogued under 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality]

Full Idea

Baldness is a much more indeterminate matter than is hair distribution, nevetheless baldness is nothing over and above hair distribution.

Gist of Idea

Baldness is just hair distribution, but the former is indeterminate, unlike the latter

Source

Frank Jackson (From Metaphysics to Ethics [1998], p.22)

Book Reference

Jackson,Frank: 'From Metaphysics to Ethics' [OUP 2000], p.22


A Reaction

This seems to support Williamson's view that there is no vagueness in nature, and that 'vague' is an entirely epistemological concept.