Vagueness, rationality and undecidability: A theory of why there is vagueness
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Vagueness, rationality and undecidability: A theory of why there is vagueness
zbMATH Open document ID: 0957.03005
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017231303654
author: Mark A. Changizi
published in: Synthese
publication date: 2000-06-05T00:00:00Z
review text: A theory is put forward which explains vagueness of natural language predicates as a result of the fact that we are computationally bound. It is argued that for a Church-bound agent avoiding vagueness involves greater costs than accepting it. The relationship between vagueness and undecidability is explored.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03A05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 68T37
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 03B65
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 68Q05
zbMATH DE Number: 1455813
zbMATH Keywords: decidability
zbMATH Keywords: Church's thesis
zbMATH Keywords: vagueness of natural language predicates
zbMATH Keywords: undecidability
reviewed by: Giacomo Bonanno
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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