ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author shows how the vagueness of 'vague' creates difficulties for those who believe vague predicates are incoherent and those who wish to deal with the problems of vagueness by a demarcation between vague and non-vague predicates after describing the predicates and presenting the argument. Although there is considerable disagreement over the nature of the defectiveness and the exact nature of vagueness, there is general agreement that predicates which possess borderline cases are vague predicates. The vagueness of 'vague' also poses a problem for those who hope to avoid the difficulties of vagueness through a demarcation between vague and nonvague predicates. For the vagueness of ‘vague’ ensures the impossibility of exactly determining which predicates are suited for logical evaluation. Thus dissatisfaction with vagueness seems to commit to dissatisfaction with out attempts to express that dissatisfaction.
