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Single Idea 21628

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

Full Idea

The notion that things might actually be vague, as well as being vaguely described, is not properly intelligible.

Gist of Idea

To say reality itself is vague is not properly intelligible

Source

Michael Dummett (Wang's Paradox [1970], p.260)

Book Ref

Dummett,Michael: 'Truth and Other Enigmas' [Duckworth 1978], p.250


A Reaction

It seems hard to disagree with this. It seems crazy that a pile of grain, or the hair on someone's head, are vague, and even quantum indeterminacies are not very well described as 'vague'. Vagueness is a very human concept.