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Vagueness and Exactiveness in class II, division 2 diagnostics

Česká Stomatologie a Praktické Zubní Lékařství, 2020
Introduction, aim: Class II division 2 malocclusion is usually defined by natural informal language (czech, english etc.) as a combination of deep bite and upper central incisor retrusion.
P. Jindra
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Strategic Vagueness and Appropriate Contexts [PDF]

This paper brings together several approaches to vagueness, and ends by suggesting a new approach. The common thread in these approaches is the crucial role played by context.
Kris De Jaegher, Robert van Rooij
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Tolerance and the distributed sorites [PDF]

, 2019
On some accounts of vagueness, predicates like “is a heap” are tolerant. That is, their correct application tolerates sufficiently small changes in the objects to which they are applied.
Barnett, Zach
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Context‐centric proactive information delivery for Knowledge Work support: Opportunities, challenges, and directions. An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST)

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Context‐centric proactive information delivery (PID) is a relatively underexplored domain within recommender systems (RS) aimed at enhancing Knowledge Workers' productivity by proactively providing relevant information during digital tasks.
Mahta Bakhshizadeh, Christian Jilek, Markus Schröder, Heiko Maus, Andreas Dengel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

VAGUENESS IN POLISH AND AMERICAN CRIMINAL LAW LANGUAGE AND DEFINITIONS (A STUDY OF POLISH AND US LEGAL SYSTEMS)

Comparative Legilinguistics, 2015
The paper below intends to present and evaluate the theories of vagueness in the language of criminal law as exemplified in legal definitions. In the theory aimed to facilitate the task of interpretation of laws and statutes, in practice legal ...
Katarzyna STRĘBSKA
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Lewis on Williamson: Evidence, Knowledge and Vagueness [PDF]

In May 1999, David Lewis sent Timothy Williamson an intriguing letter about knowledge and vagueness. This paper has a brief discussion of Lewis on evidence, and a longer discussion of a distinctive theory of vagueness Lewis puts forward in this letter ...
Nolan, Daniel
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Vagueness as Cost Reduction : An Empirical Test [PDF]

, 2011
This work was funded in part by an EPSRC Platform Grant awarded to the NLG group at Aberdeen.Publisher ...
Green, Matthew James, van Deemter, Kees
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From cramming to binge‐watching: Integrating documentary‐based assessment into a pharmacology and toxicology curriculum—a qualitative study

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aims In the context of pharmacology and toxicology education, there is a growing shift toward programmatic assessment models that prioritize longitudinal learning, reflection and development of higher‐order cognitive skills. As part of this transition, we are exploring alternative and more meaningful forms of assessment. This qualitative study
Narin Akrawi, Heleen van der Sijs, Floor van Rosse   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Underspecification and Communication

Ergo, An Open Access Journal of Philosophy
It has recently been argued that our use of vague language poses an intractable problem for any account of content and communication on which (i) the things we assert are propositions and (ii) understanding an assertion requires recognizing which ...
Ray Buchanan
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The utility of vagueness: does it lie elsewhere? [PDF]

, 2013
Much of everyday language is vague, yet standard game-theoretic models do not find any utility of vagueness in cooperative situations. We report a novel experiment, the fourth in a series that aims to discern the utility of vagueness from the utility of ...
Green, Matthew, van Deemter, K.
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