Single Idea 9602

[catalogued under 9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects]

Full Idea

The constraints of common sense and classical logic are often simultaneously abandoned in debates on vagueness.

Gist of Idea

Common sense and classical logic are often simultaneously abandoned in debates on vagueness

Source

Timothy Williamson (The Philosophy of Philosophy [2007], After)

Book Reference

Williamson,Timothy: 'The Philosophy of Philosophy' [Blackwell 2007], p.290


A Reaction

Wiliamson has described himself (in my hearing) as a 'rottweiller realist', but presumably the problem of vagueness interests a lot of people precisely because it pushes us away from common sense and classical logic.