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title:
 
Varieties of Vagueness, Fuzziness and a few foundational (and ontological) questions
publication:
 
EUSFLAT
part of series:
  Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
pages:   578 - 583
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author(s):
 
Marco Elio, and Settimo
publication date:
 
July 2011
keywords:
 
Vagueness, fuzziness, language, meaning
abstract:
 
In this paper we discuss the multifaceted nature of vagueness, the limits of (standard) set theory in dealing with the foundational aspects that a really innovating theory of vagueness should manifest, and the difficulties in outlining the possible features that such a type of new formalism should exhibit in order to be able to deal with such innovative aspects. We shall highlight some aspects of the role that Fuzzy Set Theory (FST) can play in this process.
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