In one paper, Michael Dummett concludes that Wang's paradox merely reflects the inconsistency behind claiming that observational predicates do not necessarily have this property. One thinker argued that we must adopt a supervaluationist framework before asking if the world has this property. That paper is by Timothy William
In one paper, Michael Dummett concludes that Wang's paradox merely reflects the inconsistency behind claiming that observational predicates do not necessarily have this property. One thinker argued that we must adopt a supervaluationist framework before asking if the world has this property. That paper is by Timothy Williamson, who argues in a book named for this concept that the solution to problems concerning it is an unknowable threshold. Russell and Frege sidestepped this problem by saying it would not arise in an ideal language. (*) Baldness is a standard example of this concept, which can be solved by a system invented by Lofti Zadeth that modifies Boolean logic with values between 1 and 0, called "fuzzy logic." A problem concerning this concept is the sorites paradox, which asks when grains of sand become a heap. For 10 points, name this concept corresponding roughly to ambiguity about when terms apply.
In one paper, Michael Dummett concludes that Wang's paradox merely reflects the inconsistency behind claiming that observational predicates do not necessarily have this property.
vagueness [prompt on synonyms since this is a philosophical term of art]