Comments on A Conversation About Fuzzy Logic and Vagueness by

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  • Christian G. Fermüller
  • Petr Hájek
  • NICHOLAS J.J. SMITH
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In the spirit of this enlightening conversation and indeed of this entire volume—promoting mutual understanding and learning between philosophers, logicians and linguists working on vagueness related issues—I shall in these comments consider three points, which if not kept in mind have significant potential to promote misunderstanding between practitioners of these three disciplines. All three points are discussed by Fermüller and Hájek: I do not take myself to be adding points that have been overlooked; I simply focus on these three points and discuss each in a little more detail—at the expense of not mentioning many other interesting issues covered in this fascinating and wide-ranging conversation.

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تاریخ انتشار 2012