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Dietz, Richard.

Vagueness and rationality in language use and cognition

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Vagueness and rationality in language use and cognitionedited by Richard Dietz.
other author:	Dietz, Richard.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019.
Description:	ix, 183 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Grammar, Comparative and general.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15931-3
ISBN:	9783030159313$q(electronic bk.)

Vagueness and rationality in language use and cognition
Vagueness and rationality in language use and cognition[electronic resource] /edited by Richard Dietz. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2019. - ix, 183 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Language, cognition, and mind,v.52364-4109 ;. - Language, cognition, and mind ;v.2..

Part I: Vagueness in Rational Choice -- Vagueness and Imprecise Credence by Anna Mahtani -- Problems of Precision in Fuzzy Theories of Vagueness and Bayesian Epistemology by Nicholas J. J. Smith -- Regret, Sub-optimality, and Vagueness by Chrisoula Andreou -- Part II: Rationality in Vague Language Use and Cognition -- The Elusive Benefits of Vagueness: The Evidence so far by Matthew James Green and Kees van Deemter -- Towards an Ecology of Vagueness by Jose Pedro Correia and Michael Franke -- The Rationality of Vagueness by Igor Douven -- Semantic Indecision by Timoth W. Grinsell -- Grounding a Pragmatic Theory of Vagueness on Experimental Data: Semi-orders adn Weber's Law by Arnold Kochari and Robert van Rooij.

This volume presents new conceptual and experimental studies which investigate the connection between vagueness and rationality from various systematic directions, such as philosophy, linguistics, cognitive psychology, computing science, and economics. Vagueness in language use and cognition has traditionally been interpreted in epistemic or semantic terms. The standard view of vagueness specifically suggests that considerations of agency or rationality, broadly conceived, can be left out of the equation. Most recently, new literature on vagueness has been released which suggests that the standard view is inadequate and that considerations of rationality should factor into more comprehensive models of vagueness. The methodological approaches presented here are diverse, ranging from philosophical interpretations of rational credence for vagueness to adaptations of choice theory (dynamic choice theory, revealed preference models, social choice theory), probabilistic models of pragmatic reasoning (Bayesian pragmatics), evolutionary game theory, and conceptual space models of categorisation. I have no doubt that this volume will be a valuable contribution to the current literature on the topic. All chapters are refreshingly original, and they offer surprising connections between vagueness as a semantic phenomenon and other seemingly unrelated problems in game theory, Bayesian epistemology or social choice theory. As a result, the reader is able to acquire a broad understanding of the problem, as well as a sense of its pervasiveness. The book also exhibits a delicate balance between conceptual and experimental approaches to vagueness. It is highly recommended to scholars and graduate students working on epistemology, philosophy of language, cognitive psychology, or linguistics. Eleonora Cresto, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

ISBN: 9783030159313$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-15931-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

177857
Grammar, Comparative and general.

LC Class. No.: P201 / .V348 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 415

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