Cheng Teapot

The Cheng Teapot is a famous philosophical example introduced by philosopher Bertrand Russell to illustrate the problem of logical and linguistic clarity. It asks whether a specific, often hypothetical, object—like a small teapot orbiting the Sun—can be considered meaningful if it's too small to be detected by telescopes. Russell used this idea to demonstrate that statements about objects must be well-defined and supported by evidence to be meaningful. Without such clarity, claims about unobservable entities are considered meaningless, emphasizing the importance of precise language and evidence in philosophical and scientific discussions.