Adjectival vagueness in a Bayesian model of interpretation

DOI10.1007/s11229-015-0786-1zbMath1383.60004OpenAlexW833395732MaRDI QIDQ1708887

Noah D. Goodman, Daniel Lassiter

Publication date: 27 March 2018

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-015-0786-1

zbMATH Keywords

probabilityvaguenesscognitive sciencesorites paradox

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations and philosophical topics in statistics (62A01) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) Axioms; other general questions in probability (60A05) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

Related Items (3)

Vagueness and aggregation in multiple sender channels ⋮ Vague judgment: a probabilistic account ⋮ Probabilistic approaches to vagueness and semantic competency

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