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'Taking Rights Seriously', 'The Structure of Science' and 'Vagueness, Truth and Logic'
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 2. Reduction
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Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
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Vagueness is semantic, a deficiency of meaning [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / e. Higher-order vagueness
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A thing might be vaguely vague, giving us higher-order vagueness [Fine,K]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / f. Supervaluation for vagueness
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A vague sentence is only true for all ways of making it completely precise [Fine,K]
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Logical connectives cease to be truth-functional if vagueness is treated with three values [Fine,K]
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Meaning is both actual (determining instances) and potential (possibility of greater precision) [Fine,K]
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With the super-truth approach, the classical connectives continue to work [Fine,K]
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Borderline cases must be under our control, as capable of greater precision [Fine,K]
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