PHL145H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vagueness
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Will not be tested on the types of definitions, but it is important to be familiar with the three types of definition for your own purposes. The verb to be can be used in one of two senses: a predicative sense (e. g. mira is a cat ) It would be an error to say mira is a cat in a definitional sense (not all cats are mira: a definitional sense (e. g. god is a perfect being. I don"t know if such a being exists. ) I reject that the pope is in rome. (disbelief) I"m convinced that it is not the case that the moon is bigger than the earth. (belief) I neither accept nor reject the belief that there are ufos. (non-belief) In my view no zealots can be trusted. (belief) A belief is accurate insofar, as it correctly represents the world. It is inaccurate insofar as it fails to represent the facts.
