Vagueness: A conceptual spaces approach

I.E.J. Douven; L.B. Decock; R. Dietz; P. Egré

doi:10.1007/s10992-011-9216-0

Vagueness: A conceptual spaces approach

I.E.J. Douven, L.B. Decock, R. Dietz, P. Egré

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The conceptual spaces approach has recently emerged as a novel account of concepts. Its guiding idea is that concepts can be represented geometrically, by means of metrical spaces. While it is generally recognized that many of our concepts are vague, the question of how to model vagueness in the conceptual spaces approach has not been addressed so far, even though the answer is far from straightforward. The present paper aims to fill this lacuna. © 2011 The Author(s).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	137-160
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of Philosophical Logic
Volume	42
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10992-011-9216-0
Publication status	Published - 2013

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