USES AND ABUSES OF FUZZINESS IN PHILOSOPHY: A SELECTIVE SURVEY OF HOW RECENT PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS TREAT VAGUENESS

DOI10.1080/03081079508908043MaRDI QIDQ4861649zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David H. Sanford

Publication date 13 February 1996

Published in International Journal of General Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/03081079508908043

zbMATH Keywords

fuzzy setsvaguenessborderline casesupervaluation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) General and miscellaneous specific topics (00A99)

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• The logic for metaphysical conceptions of vagueness

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