Consider the following theses.
(A) For any person P, P exists iff P is alive.
(B) For any person P, P is alive iff P is not dead.
(C) Whether or not some person is dead is vague.
(D) Whether or not someone exists is not vague.
On the face of it, these four theses seem to be incompatible. If [...]
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