Varieties of Vagueness, Fuzziness and a few foundational (and ontological) questions

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10.2991/eusflat.2011.57How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Vagueness, fuzziness, language, meaning

Abstract

In this paper we discuss the multifaceted nature of vagueness, the limits of (standard) set theory in dealing with the foundational aspects that a really innovating theory of vagueness should manifest, and the difficulties in outlining the possible features that such a type of new formalism should exhibit in order to be able to deal with such innovative aspects. We shall highlight some aspects of the role that Fuzzy Set Theory (FST) can play in this process.

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© 2011, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Marco Elio Tabacchi
AU  - Settimo Termini
PY  - 2011/08
DA  - 2011/08
TI  - Varieties of Vagueness, Fuzziness and a few foundational (and ontological) questions
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th conference of the European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology (EUSFLAT-11)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 578
EP  - 583
SN  - 1951-6851
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DO  - 10.2991/eusflat.2011.57
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