Ideas from 'Vagueness: a global approach' by Kit Fine [2020], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Vagueness: a global approach' by Fine,Kit [OUP 2020,978-0-19-751495-5]].
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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 6. Classical Logic
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Indeterminacy is in conflict with classical logic
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5. Theory of Logic / I. Semantics of Logic / 1. Semantics of Logic
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Classical semantics has referents for names, extensions for predicates, and T or F for sentences
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / a. Problem of vagueness
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Local indeterminacy concerns a single object, and global indeterminacy covers a range
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Conjoining two indefinites by related sentences seems to produce a contradiction
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Standardly vagueness involves borderline cases, and a higher standpoint from which they can be seen
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / c. Vagueness as ignorance
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Identifying vagueness with ignorance is the common mistake of confusing symptoms with cause
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / f. Supervaluation for vagueness
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Supervaluation can give no answer to 'who is the last bald man'
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects
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We do not have an intelligible concept of a borderline case
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16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 2. Mental Continuity / b. Self as mental continuity
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It seems absurd that there is no identity of any kind between two objects which involve survival
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory
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We identify laws with regularities because we mistakenly identify causes with their symptoms
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