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Vagueness Logic And Ontology

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Author : Dominic Hyde
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-02-17

Vagueness Logic And Ontology written by Dominic Hyde and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-17 with Philosophy categories.

The topic of vagueness re-emerged in the twentieth century from relative obscurity. It deals with the phenomenon in natural language that manifests itself in apparent semantic indeterminacy - the indeterminacy, for example, that arises when asked to draw the line between the tall and non-tall, or the drunk and the sober. An associated paradox emphasises the challenging nature of the phenomenon, presenting one of the most resilient paradoxes of logic. The apparent threat posed for orthodox theories of the semantics and logic of natural language has become the focus of intense philosophical scrutiny amongst philosophers and non-philosophers alike. Vagueness, Logic and Ontology explores various responses to the philosophical problems generated by vagueness and its associated paradox - the sorites paradox. Hyde argues that the theoretical space in which vagueness is sometimes ontologically grounded and modelled by a truth-functional logic affords a coherent response to the problems posed by vagueness. Showing how the concept of vagueness can be applied to the world, Hyde's ontological account proposes a substantial revision of orthodox semantics, metaphysics and logic. This book will be of particular interest to readers in philosophy, linguistics, cognitive science and geographic information systems.

Vagueness Logic And Ontology

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Author : Dominic Hyde
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-02-17

Vague Objects And Vague Identity

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Author : Ken Akiba
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2014-03-18

Vague Objects And Vague Identity written by Ken Akiba and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-18 with Philosophy categories.

This unique anthology of new, contributed essays offers a range of perspectives on various aspects of ontic vagueness. It seeks to answer core questions pertaining to onticism, the view that vagueness exists in the world itself. The questions to be addressed include whether vague objects must have vague identity, and whether ontic vagueness has a distinctive logic, one that is not shared by semantic or epistemic vagueness. The essays in this volume explain the motivations behind onticism, such as the plausibility of mereological vagueness and indeterminacy in quantum mechanics and they offer various arguments both for and against ontic vagueness; onticism is also compared with other, competing theories of vagueness such as semanticism, the view that vagueness exists only in our linguistic representation of the world. Gareth Evans’s influential paper of 1978, “Can There Be Vague Objects?” gave a simple but cogent argument against the coherence of ontic vagueness. Onticism was subsequently dismissed by many. However, in recent years, researchers have become aware of the logical gaps in Evans’s argument and this has triggered a new wave of interest in onticism. Onticism is now widely regarded as at least a coherent view. Reflecting this growing consensus, the present anthology for the first time puts together essays that are focused on onticism and its various facets and it fills in the lacuna in the literature on vagueness, a much-discussed subject in contemporary philosophy.

Logic And Philosophy

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Author : Milton K. Munitz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973

Logic And Philosophy written by Milton K. Munitz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with categories.

Elements Of Philosophy Comprising Logic And Ontology

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Author : Walter H. Hill
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-03-15

Elements Of Philosophy Comprising Logic And Ontology written by Walter H. Hill and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-15 with Philosophy categories.

In order to render the Logic more easy and more practical, First, the author has omitted the perplexed, undiscussed and indeterminate Greek derivatives, which give vagueness or obscurity to the matter contained in many popular text books of Logic; and he has aimed to use in their stead the most plain and simple terminology. This perpetual multiplication of indefinite and unintelligible technicalities, which are devised as if to embody new forms of thought, helps much to render the study of Logic and Philosophy discouraging, and their very names repulsive, even to the most ambitious and the most intelligent young minds that attempt to master the established elementary principles of these an-important branches of a good education, The introduction of a new term into a book on Philosophy, does not necessarily imply the actual discovery of a new truth. It is a significant fact that, while eccentric thought and novel phraseology possess a peculiar charm for ill-educated, rambling and superficial minds; yet, the language which remains in prevailing use, is the embodiment of deep and true philosophy; and the words as well as the conclusions, which convey what is absurd or preposterous, it must necessarily repudiate, by the genera1law of human thought. It was judged best, also, for the interests of learners in general, to omit the discussion of the modes and figures of the syllogism; for, in practice they are not attended to, even by those who actually argue in form, the simple rules of demonstration sufficing for all practical purposes, and being all that is even really useful in the strictest argumentation. On the other hand, it was deemed expedient to introduce some matters that pertain to branches of Philosophy, whose full treatment is appropriate to another volume; e. g., certain subjects which strictly belong to Psychology, Cosmology and Natural Theology.

Logic Ontology And Action

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979

Logic Ontology And Action written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Act (Philosophy) categories.

Contributed articles, with introduction to the contributors.

Understanding Vagueness

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Author : Petr Cintula
language : en
Publisher: Studies in Logic
Release Date : 2011

Understanding Vagueness written by Petr Cintula and has been published by Studies in Logic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Computers categories.

Vague language and corresponding models of inference and information processing is an important and challenging topic as witnessed by a number of recent monographs and collections of essays devoted to the topic. This volume collects fifteen papers, the majority of which originated with talks presented at the conference "Logical Models of Reasoning with Vague Information (LoMoReVI)", September 14-17, 2009, in Čejkovice, that initiated a EUROCORES/LogICCC project with the same title. At least two features set the current volume apart from other texts: first, the interdisciplinary nature of the topic is nicely reflected by the wide range of interests of the authors, who include philosophers, linguists, logicians, as well as mathematicians and computer scientists. Secondly, all the papers are accompanied by comments written by other authors and a few outside experts. These comments and corresponding replies by the authors document the very lively ongoing debate on adequate models of vague language.

Ontology

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Author : Dale Jacquette
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-18

Ontology written by Dale Jacquette and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-18 with Philosophy categories.

The philosophical study of what exists and what it means for something to exist is one of the core concerns of metaphysics. This introduction to ontology provides readers with a comprehensive account of the central ideas of the subject of being. This book is divided into two parts. The first part explores questions of pure philosophical ontology: what is meant by the concept of being, why there exists something rather than nothing, and why there is only one logically contingent actual world. Dale Jacquette shows how logic provides the only possible answers to these fundamental problems. The second part of the book examines issues of applied scientific ontology. Jacquette offers a critical survey of some of the most influential traditional ontologies, such as the distinction between appearance and reality, and the categories of substance and transcendence. The ontology of physical entities - space, time, matter and causation - is examined as well as the ontology of abstract entities such as sets, numbers, properties, relations and propositions. The special problems posed by the subjectivity of mind and of postulating a god are also explored in detail. The final chapter examines the ontology of culture, language and art.

Logic Ontology And Language

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Author : Herbert Hochberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984

Logic Ontology And Language written by Herbert Hochberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Philosophy categories.

Problems In Logic And Ontology

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Author : Edgar Morscher
language : en
Publisher: Akadem. Druck- U Verlagsanst.
Release Date : 1977

Problems In Logic And Ontology written by Edgar Morscher and has been published by Akadem. Druck- U Verlagsanst. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Mathematics categories.

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