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Although most species of Erigeron on the younger island are distinct genetically, the degree of distinctness is much less than observed among species of Robinsonia on the older island (Figs  3 and 4).

As Peirce described contemporary versions of this distinction, the highest grade of clarity, distinctness is obtained when we can analyze a concept (for example) into its elements by providing a verbal definition.

She takes pains to make her characters distinct, even as she drops hints that this distinctness isn't noticed by the people who know them best.

For that reason, distinctness is a relation but identity is not".

If clarity and distinctness is the mark of truth, what is the method for recognizing clarity and distinctness?

Of course, (11) faces the further problem of saying what metaphysical distinctness is, and more generally what the relation is between condition (a) and condition (b).

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In the Voices of Spring scene, Ashley Bouder's terrific mixture of speed and distinctness were a tonic.

Typically such reasons are just taken for granted, as if the distinctness were obvious.

First, that clarity and distinctness are, jointly, the mark of our epistemically best perceptions (notwithstanding that such perception remains defeasible).

The perceptual laws of visual distinctness are based on the low-level early-stage processing in the visual system.

Connectedly, Kripke argued that identity and distinctness were themselves necessary relations: if an object is identical with itself it is necessarily so, and if it is distinct from another it is necessarily so.

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