PHL145H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Deductive Reasoning, Vagueness, Rationality
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The verb to be can be used one of two ways: predictive sense (e. g. god is a perfect being. I don"t know if such a being exists. : de nitional sense (e. g. mira is a cat) I reject that the pope is in rome. (disbelief) I"m convinced that it is not the case that the moon is bigger than the earth. (belief) I neither accept nor reject the belief that there are ufos. (nonbelief) In my view no zealots can be trusted. (belief) A belief is accurate if it correctly represents the world. A belief is inaccurate if it fails to represent the facts. A belief is vague when it"s unclear whether it is true or false and unclear whether they are accurate or inaccurate. He is wearing a red shirt. (de nitely accurate) he is wearing a crimson shirt. (vague) Toronto is close to waterloo. (depends on what you think is close)
