Single Idea 23545

[catalogued under 9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects]

Full Idea

We simply have no intelligible notion of local indeterminacy or of a borderline case.

Gist of Idea

We do not have an intelligible concept of a borderline case

Source

Kit Fine (Vagueness: a global approach [2020], 2)

Book Reference

Fine,Kit: 'Vagueness: a global approach' [OUP 2020], p.24


A Reaction

He mentions cases which are near a borderline, and cases which are hard to decide, but denies that these are intrinsically borderline. If there are borderline cases between red and orange, what are the outer boundaries of the border?

Related Idea

Idea 23544 Local indeterminacy concerns a single object, and global indeterminacy covers a range [Fine,K]