0563602 20231122150923.320221108235959.9 85140909114 000876310400002 10.1007/s11229-022-03909-2 38 s. P cav_un_epca*02519430039-7857200Springer Vagueness Fuzzy logic Formal semantics Gradable adjectives Sorites paradox cav_un_auth*0100737 Cintula Petr UIVT-O Oddělení teoretické informatiky Department of Theoretical Computer Science Department of Theoretical Computer Science Ústav informatiky AV ČR, v. v. i. cav_un_auth*0387711 Grimau Berta UTIA-B Matematická teorie rozhodování Department of Decision Making Theory MTR MTR ES K Ústav teorie informace a automatizace AV ČR, v. v. i. cav_un_auth*0439537 Noguera C. IT cav_un_auth*0349493 Smith N.J.J. AU https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11229-022-03909-2 GA18-00113S GA ČR CZ cav_un_auth*0387713 101007627 EC XE cav_un_auth*0439546 In the literature on vagueness one finds two very different kinds of degree theory. The dominant kind of account of gradable adjectives in formal semantics and linguistics is built on an underlying framework involving bivalence and classical logic: its degrees are not degrees of truth. On the other hand, fuzzy logic based theories of vagueness—largely absent from the formal semantics literature but playing a significant role in both the philosophical literature on vagueness and in the contemporary logic literature—are logically nonclassical and give a central role to the idea of degrees of truth. Each kind of degree theory has a strength: the classical kind allows for rich and subtle analyses of the comparative form of gradable adjectives and of various types of gradable precise adjectives, while the fuzzy kind yields a compelling solution to the sorites paradox. This paper argues that the fuzzy kind of theory can match the benefits of the classical kind and hence that the burden is on the latter to match the advantages of the former. In particular, we develop a new version of the fuzzy logic approach that—unlike existing fuzzy theories—yields a compelling analysis of the comparative as well as an adequate account of gradable precise predicates, while still retaining the advantage of genuinely solving the sorites paradox. 60000 60300 60301 2023 4 UTIA-B 10000 10100 10102 4 A 4a 20231122150923.3 RVO:67985807 RVO:67985556 https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0335529 cav_un_auth*0339298 UTIA cav_un_auth*0318084 University of Siena IT cav_un_auth*0351148 University of Sydney AU S 445 n.a. Article History Philosophy Of Science|Philosophy C PHILOSOPHY|HISTORY&PHILOSOPHYOFSCIENCE|HISTORY&PHILOSOPHYOFSCIENCE|HISTORY&PHILOSOPHYOFSCIENCE 1.6 0.2 6 0.01833 0.855 8087 0.808 1.300 510 Q1 72.7 Q1 Q1 2.37 Q1 79.8 2022 Soubory v repozitáři: 0563602-afin.pdf 85140909114 SCOPUS PUBMED 000876310400002 WOS cav_un_epca*0251943 Synthese 0039-7857 1573-0964 Roč. 200 č. 6 2022 Springer