Full Idea
Austin's account brought out the variety of features covered by 'vague' in different contexts: roughness, ambiguity, imprecision, lack of detail, generality, inaccuracy, incompleteness. Even 'vague' is vague.
Gist of Idea
Austin revealed many meanings for 'vague': rough, ambiguous, general, incomplete...
Source
report of J.L. Austin (Sense and Sensibilia [1962], p.125-8) by Timothy Williamson - Vagueness 3.1
Book Reference
Williamson,Timothy: 'Vagueness' [Routledge 1996], p.71
A Reaction
Some of these sound the same. Maybe Austin distinguishes them.
Related Idea
Idea 9769 Vagueness can be in predicates, names or quantifiers [Fine,K]