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If a vague statement comes out true under one precisification and false under another, it is both true and false. Subvaluationism ultimately amounts to the claim that vagueness is a truly contradictory phenomenon. [ 6 ]
Vague laws offend several important values. First, because we assume that man is free to steer between lawful and unlawful conduct, we insist that laws give the person of ordinary intelligence a reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited, so that he may act accordingly. Vague laws may trap the innocent by not providing fair warning.
When used sincerely, vague words make an article confusing and possibly make readers misinterpret or even miss important information altogether. In the hands of those with more sinister intents, vague words can currently be used to make articles that are readable enough to impart wrong or biased information but confusing enough to prevent ...
The sorites paradox: If a heap is reduced by a single grain at a time, the question is at what exact point it ceases to be considered a heap. The sorites paradox (/ s oʊ ˈ r aɪ t iː z /), [1] sometimes known as the paradox of the heap, is a paradox that results from vague predicates. [2]
The Fed released a 21 page report on its stress test methodology. It was so vague that there'll be no help for investors who want to try to figure out which of the 19 banks undergoing the test ...
Vague may also refer to: Vagueness doctrine, a constitutional doctrine which prohibits unclearly written laws in the United States; Vague (club), a club night in Leeds, England in the 1990s; Richard Vague (born 1956), American businessperson, author, and formerly Pennsylvania's Secretary of Banking and Securities
Richard Wade Vague is an American businessperson, venture capitalist, and author who served as Secretary of Banking and Securities of Pennsylvania from 2020 until 2023. [ 4 ] Early life and education
Informal fallacies – arguments that are logically unsound for lack of well-grounded premises. [14]Argument from incredulity – when someone can't imagine something to be true, and therefore deems it false, or conversely, holds that it must be true because they can't see how it could be false.