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    It is not the case that If vagueness tracks genuine cognitive limitations rather than authorial carelessness, the negligence framing misidentifies the phenomenon's source entirely.

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    • 1.Distinguishing cognitive limitations from negligence requires empirical evidence; the claim assumes this distinction is philosophically tractable.
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    • 2.Authors routinely clarify vague terms through definition and context, showing negligence and cognitive limits are often separable phenomena.
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    • 3.Attributing vagueness to cognitive limits rather than negligence may excuse poor communication without explaining why some writers succeed.
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    • 1.Human cognition has structural limits in processing semantic boundaries, making some vagueness inevitable regardless of author effort.
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    • 2.Vagueness often emerges at the edges of conceptual categories (e.g., 'heap,' 'bald') where reality itself may lack sharp divisions.
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    • 3.Blaming negligence assumes perfect linguistic precision is achievable, but this confuses an ideal with a realistic standard.
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