PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Logical Truth, Vagueness, Fallacy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Mark Brown

Document Summary

Terms that have blurry boundaries can be described as fuzzy. Specifically a word or term is vague when its meaning is fuzzy, blurry, or inexact. Which set of claims is vaguer: the trees served to make shade for the patio, he served his country proudly, rooney served the church his entire life, rooney"s tennis serve is impossible to return. Vagueness of quantity and type: ex. a guy walks into a bar and says i would like to order some beer . You don"t know how much beer he wants. You don"t know what kind of beer he wants. How many people where in the crowd: range of sale. Relates to the fact that many words have more than one meaning. A word is ambiguous when : a) It is not obvious which one is intended in a situation in which the word is used. Tautologies statements that are analytically false or contradictions.