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10275 | A blurry border is still a border [Shapiro] |
Full Idea: A blurry border is still a border. | |
From: Stewart Shapiro (Philosophy of Mathematics [1997], 8.3) | |
A reaction: This remark deserves to be quoted in almost every area of philosophy, against those who attack a concept by focusing on its vague edges. Philosophers should focus on central cases, not borderline cases (though the latter may be of interest). |