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Not Exactly: In Praise of Vagueness by Kees van Deemter (Paperback, 2012)

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Not everything is black and white. Our daily lives are full of vagueness or fuzziness. Language is the most obvious example - for instance, when we describe someone as tall, it is as though there is a particular height beyond which a person can be considered 'tall'. Likewise the terms 'blond' or 'overweight' in common usage. We often think in discontinuous categories when we are considering something continuous. In this book, van Deemter cuts across various disciplines in considering the nature and importance of vagueness. He looks at the principles of measurement, and how we choose categories; the vagueness lurking behind what seems at first sight crisp concepts such as that of the biological 'species'; uncertainties in grammar and the impact of vagueness on the programmes of Chomsky and Montague; vagueness and mathematical logic; computers, vague descriptions, and Natural Language Generation in AI (a new class of programs will allow computers to handle descriptions such as 'the man in the yellow shirt'). Van Deemter shows why vagueness is in various circumstances both unavoidable and useful, and how we are increasingly able to handle fuzziness in mathematical logic and computer science.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780199645732
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114049919

Product Key Features

Author
Kees Van Deemter
Publication Name
Not Exactly: in Praise of Vagueness
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Computer Science, Science, Mathematics
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
368 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
196mm
Item Width
128mm
Item Weight
388g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Kees Van Deemter
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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