Concept tag
#vagueness
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Unrestricted composition is the only principled answer to when parts make a whole
Thesis: any things whatever compose something. Here is why I think universalism is the only principled position. Restriction generates vagueness. If only some collections compose, there will be a sequence of cases, removing one particle at a time, in which composition goes…
Started by Derek Hollis6 replies -
Fuzzy logic is good engineering and a poor theory of vagueness
I've shipped fuzzy controllers. They work, they're cheap, and nobody who has used a decent one doubts that. My thesis is narrower: as an account of what vague words mean, fuzzy logic doesn't solve the problem it's usually advertised as solving. Two…
Started by Derek Hollis4 replies