Essays in Philosophical Synthesis by Nicholas Rescher

Author:Nicholas Rescher
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783031342875
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland

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Nevertheless, a multiplicity of imprecise answers can—if true—prove to be informative in collectively providing for greater precision. Consider an illustration via the following array:

And let the questions at issue be “Where is the 3 located?” Note that the following inadequate responses are all true:I.

Approximation: “Not near a.”

II.

Vagueness: “In the top row.”

III.

Indefiniteness: “Alongside 4.”

IV.

Equivocation: “Above a consonant”

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