Approaching Vagueness Sample Clauses

Approaching Vagueness. ‌ Xxxxxx’x observation that “‘Vague’ is itself vague” hints at how numerous the problems facing an account of vague terms in natural language are. Xxxxxx himself suggested a, presumably non-exhaustive, list of seven senses: “‘Vague’ itself is vague. Suppose I say that something, for instance somebody’s description of a house, is vague; there is a quite large number of possible features—not necessarily defects, that depends on what is wanted—any or all of which the descrip- tion might have and which might lead me to pronounce it vague. It might be (a) a rough description, conveying only a ‘rough idea’ of the thing to be described; or (b) ambiguous at certain points, so that the description would fit, might be taken to mean, either this or that; or (c) imprecise, not precisely specifying the features of the thing described; or (d) not very detailed; or (e) couched in general terms that would cover a lot of rather different cases; or
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