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| 21598 | Austin revealed many meanings for 'vague': rough, ambiguous, general, incomplete... |
| 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. | |||
| From: report of J.L. Austin (Sense and Sensibilia [1962], p.125-8) by Timothy Williamson - Vagueness 3.1 | |||
| A reaction: Some of these sound the same. Maybe Austin distinguishes them. |