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Vagueness, credibility, and government policy [PDF]

open access: yes
A discussion of the reasons why it may be in a government agency's--and society's--best interest to be vague about policy objectives. Using the concept of "cheap talk," the author explains that when an agency faces a trade-off between precise and ...
Joseph G. Haubrich
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Scheduling with Fuzzy Methods

open access: yes, 2004
Nowadays, manufacturing industries -- driven by fierce competition and rising customer requirements -- are forced to produce a broader range of individual products of rising quality at the same (or preferably lower) cost. Meeting these demands implies an
Eiden, Wolfgang Anthony
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Moderate Holism: Answering to Criticism and Explaining Linguistic Phenomena [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In this paper I present a version of meaning holism proposed by Henry Jackman (1999a, 1999b, 2005 and 2015) entitled "moderate holism". I will argue that this moderate version of holism, in addition to responding to much of the criticism attributed to ...
Estrela, Kênio
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Vagueness and Indirect Discourse [PDF]

open access: green, 2000
Manuel García‐Carpintero
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DECISION MAKING USING MODIFIED S-CURVE MEMBERSHIP FUNCTION IN FUZZY LINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEM

open access: yesJournal of ICT, 2002
In order to develop approaches to solve a fuzzy linear programming problem, it is necessary to study first the formulation of membership functions and then the methodology for applying the solution to real life problems.
Pandian M. Vasant   +2 more
doaj  

On Supervaluations, Meaning and Consequence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The problem of vagueness is motivated by consideration of a sorites series, and the supervaluationist solution is presented. It is argued that supervaluationism can be regarded as an application of the model-theoretic conception of consequence and should
Jones, Nicholas
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Motion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This article is about orientation in the conceptual construction and exploration of the world. Orientations that fail to include a satisfactory definition of self as a vital component in ideas of explanation, compulsively leaning towards excessive ...
Kirsh, Dr. Marvin / E.
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