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Single Idea 9769

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

Full Idea

There are three possible sources of vagueness: the predicates, the names, and the quantifiers.

Gist of Idea

Vagueness can be in predicates, names or quantifiers

Source

Kit Fine (Vagueness, Truth and Logic [1975], 1)

Book Reference

'Vagueness: a Reader', ed/tr. Keefe,R /Smith,P [MIT 1999], p.121


A Reaction

Presumably a vagueness about the domain of discussion would be a vagueness in the quantifier. This is a helpful preliminary division, in the semantic approach to vagueness.

Related Idea

Idea 21598 Austin revealed many meanings for 'vague': rough, ambiguous, general, incomplete... [Austin,JL, by Williamson]