Vagueness

Introduction Vagueness is an epistemological phenomenon (Sorensen, 1988 and Williamson, 1994). Williamson expounds this position by rejecting the tolerance principle in the Sorites paradox. He regards claims such as “this is a heap” to be either true or false; there is a sharp boundary in heaps and non-heaps, or in this essay, paragraphs and non-paragraphs—but we cannot locate this boundary. Some argue against this view on the basis that vagueness is an “unimaginability phenomenon” (Horgan, 1997)

Richard Molander In the article, “In Praise of Vagueness,” researchers investigated the effect of vague information versus precise information on performance in the domains of mental acuity, physical performance, and weight loss. Though past research has found that people prefer precise information to vague when making decisions because it gives them a sense of security, it has also found that vague information causes people to have higher expectations about outcomes: when people have less precise

The Skimming Three The Skimming Three The Skimming Three The Skimming Three simply requires flipping through the pages of the plan and looking at a few sections. These three of the Top Ten Fatal Flaws also land plans in the “reject” pile. 5. Poorly Written Plan 5. Poorly Written Plan This ranks up there with sloppy. When you submit a plan, it does not need to be textbook perfect English. Investors understand that business plans are not written by English professors. The sort of misspellings

solution to it. The Sorites Paradox begins with the problem that if one looks at a vague term such as a heap, at what point is it no longer a heap if you keep taking grains of sand out of it. The same can be said for cattle, if one keeps removing cattle from a herd when will it no longer be a herd. The Sorites Paradox is paradoxical because all the premises appear to be true as well as the argument being valid (the conclusion really follows from the premises); yet the conclusion appears to be

Among other character traits, vagueness is one that is prevailing by Hamlet. He cannot dare to fulfill the revenge for a long. In his monologues he often thought over his life and what to do. His famous “To be, or not to be, that is the question: / ... / And by opposing end them” (Shakespeare

As a member of the law enforcement community, I see where “vagueness” and “due process clauses” play a significant role in keeping the justice system moving in the right direction. In law enforcement, we utilize the fact that some laws are vague in definition. If there is a person of interest in a vehicle that needs to be identified. A street savvy police officer will need to find some probable cause to get that car stopped so that they get that individual or individuals identified. That could mean

TO BELONG OR NOT TO BELONG Throughout the gothic history, the vagueness between the “outside” and “inside” has existed permanently, which is considered as one of the main features of gothic novels. According to this, the development of the differentiation between “outside” and “inside” has encountered two periods, using vampire gothic novels as examples. Firstly, using the novel “Dracula”, Count Dracula is defined as the “outside”, which still mirrors some human tendency and instinct. Secondly, using

Being in theatre for my whole life has taught me a lot about myself and the world around me. You learn that there are so many different people and cultures in the world and how vastly different the are. As an actor we are continually putting ourselves in other people's shoes. This stressed empathy and a certain cultural understanding about context and timeliness. This leads me to think that I have a fair understanding of diversity. Diversity is acknowledging that there are an incredible amount of

An Analysis of Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken In "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost, many questions arose about the meaning of the poem. One common interpretation of the poem about assertion of individualism, where the speaker is taking the road not traveled so that he can assert his individualism, is a nice interpretation. However, I believe that the speaker is really having a hard time making up his mind, and the poem is a conversation with himself trying to rationalize his decision

To explain the difference between the Vagueness and Overbreadth doctrine, I must define them. Basic factor of the overbreadth doctrine The author Hall (2015) defines the term Overbreadth Doctrine as, A law that will be declared void or overbreadth if it attempts to punish speech or conduct that is protected by the Constitution an if it is impossible to eliminate the Unconstitutional part of the law without invalidation the whole law” (p.299). The author Poulous (1995) indicated that the overbreadth