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| 21628 | To say reality itself is vague is not properly intelligible |
| Full Idea: The notion that things might actually be vague, as well as being vaguely described, is not properly intelligible. | |||
| From: Michael Dummett (Wang's Paradox [1970], p.260) | |||
| A reaction: It seems hard to disagree with this. It seems crazy that a pile of grain, or the hair on someone's head, are vague, and even quantum indeterminacies are not very well described as 'vague'. Vagueness is a very human concept. |