Ambiguity and vagueness in political terminology: On coding and referential imprecision

European Journal of Political Theory 20 (2):335-354 (2018)
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Analytic political philosophy tries to make our political language more precise. But in doing so it risks departing from our natural language and intuitions. This article examines this tension. We...

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