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Vague words

A vague word has no sharp line between where it fits and where it doesn't: heap, tall, red, child. The ancient puzzle of the heap (Eubulides) shows the trouble: one grain never makes a heap, yet heaps exist.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can set out the puzzle of the heap, say what a vague word is, and give the answers about where the vagueness lies.

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  1. 1

    Foundation

    You can set out the puzzle of the heap, say what a vague word is, and give the answers about where the vagueness lies.

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    KindsA vague word, like "heap", is a group with no sharp edge.

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What's still between you and Vague words, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13What science can't answerDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  14. 14Questions about what is realDepth 1 · Foundation · Metaphysics
  15. 15Things and their propertiesDepth 1 · Foundation · Metaphysics
  16. 16KindsDepth 1 · Foundation · Metaphysics
  17. 17Vague wordsDepth 1 · Foundation · Metaphysics

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