vagueness

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Meaning

The quality or state of being vague.

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The extreme nature of dominant-end views is often concealed by the vagueness and ambiguity of the end proposed. John Rawls

Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit. John Updike

William James used to preach the "will-to-believe." For my part, I should wish to preach the "will-to-doubt." None of our beliefs are quite true; all at least have a penumbra of vagueness and error. What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite. Bertrand Russell

Maybe vagueness has been good for me. The word means two different things in Tokyo and Osaka, you know. In Tokyo it means stupidity, but in Osaka they talk about vagueness in a painting and in a game of Go. Yasunari Kawabata

We speak of people "taking refuge" in vagueness - the more precise you are, in general the more likely you are to be wrong, whereas you stand a good chance of not being wrong if you make it vague enough. J. L. Austin

You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin, or even vagueness - ignorance, credulity - helps your enjoyment of these things. Walt Whitman

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