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'Material Beings', 'Vagueness: a global approach' and 'Henry V'
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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I reject talk of 'stuff', and treat it in terms of particles [Inwagen]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / a. Problem of vagueness
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Conjoining two indefinites by related sentences seems to produce a contradiction [Fine,K]
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Standardly vagueness involves borderline cases, and a higher standpoint from which they can be seen [Fine,K]
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Local indeterminacy concerns a single object, and global indeterminacy covers a range [Fine,K]
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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 [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
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Singular terms can be vague, because they can contain predicates, which can be vague [Inwagen]
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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' [Fine,K]
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