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Ideas for 'Thinking About Mathematics', 'Material Beings' and 'Intro to Contemporary Epistemology'

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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism

2781	Realism says that most perceived objects exist, and have some of their perceived properties [Dancy,J]
	Full Idea: Realism in the theory of perception is that objects we perceive usually do exist, and retain some at least of the properties we perceive them as having.
	From: Jonathan Dancy (Intro to Contemporary Epistemology [1985], 10.2)

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

17582	Singular terms can be vague, because they can contain predicates, which can be vague [Inwagen]
	Full Idea: Since singular terms can contain predicates, and since vague predicates are common, vague singular terms are common. For 'the tallest man that Sally knows' there are lots of men for whom it is unclear whether Sally knows them.
	From: Peter van Inwagen (Material Beings [1990], 17)