Is conceptual vagueness an asset? Arguments from philosophy of science applied to the concept of resilience

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Measuring and assessing resilience: broadening understanding through multiple disciplinary perspectives (2016, background): “Finally, how resilience is defined and understood is critical, and while some degree of conceptual vagueness may have benefits, being clear about what exactly is being measured, how and any limitations, must be made explicit (Struntz 2012; Dakos et al. 2015).”
Revisiting the concept of payments for environmental services (2015, background): “Consistent and precise enough for generating empirical knowledge: Definitions should not be internally contradictory, and with Strunz (2012), we should avoid excessive vagueness: we would not want our PES definition to slip between our fingers like wet soap when we try to get an empirical grip.”