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epistemicism: a standalone construct

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Logic

view that vague predicates have sharp but unknowable boundaries, so vagueness is a form of ignorance.

In logic, epistemicism refers to view that vague predicates have sharp but unknowable boundaries, so vagueness is a form of ignorance. This meaning comes from Williamson (1992) in Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume.[1]

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References

Williamson, T., & Simons, P. (1992). Vagueness and Ignorance. Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 66(1), 145-178. https://doi.org/10.1093/aristoteliansupp/66.1.145

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