Search for dissertations about: "vagueness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the word vagueness.

  2. 1. Indiscernibility and Vagueness in Spatial Information Systems

    Author : Karim Oukbir; KTH; []
    Keywords : indiscernibility; vagueness; rough sets; fuzzy sets; information systems;

    Abstract : We investigate the use of the concept of indiscernibilityand vagueness in spatial information systems. To representindiscernibility and vagueness we use rough sets, respectivelyfuzzy sets. We introduce a theoretical model to supportapproximate queries in information systems and we show howthose queries can be used to perform uncertain classi. READ MORE

  4. 2. Extensions in Flux : An Essay on Vagueness and Context Sensitivity

    Author : Jonas Åkerman; Peter Pagin; Diana Raffman; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; vagueness; context sensitivity; contextualism; weak tolerance; sorites paradox; forced march; equivocation; indexicals; Fara; Raffman; Shapiro; Soames; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : The extensions of vague predicates like ‘is bald’, ‘is tall’, and ‘is a heap’ apparently lack sharp boundaries, and this makes such predicates susceptible to soritical reasoning, i.e. reasoning that leads to some version of the notorious sorites paradox. READ MORE

  5. 3. Comparing values : essays on comparability, transitivity, and vagueness

    Author : Nicolas Espinoza; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this thesis is to examine some of the arguments that have been leveled against the idea that all value bearing entities are comparable. A secondary aim is to investigate some putative properties of the relation ‘better than', especially transitivity and (to some degree) vagueness. READ MORE

  6. 4. Levelling vagueness : a study of cultural diversity in an international project group

    Author : Ester Barinaga; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Imagine one Brit, one Dutch, two North Americans, one Spaniard and three Swedes setting up a joint international research project. Their areas of expertise vary: sociology, labour law and organisational theory. The scene is taking place in a hotel conference room in Uppsala. The North Americans are tired from the long trip and the jet-lag. READ MORE

  7. 5. Behavioural Atmospheres and Vagueness in the Sharing of Urban Public Places

    Author : Johan Wirdelöv; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis is an exploration of urban public places and social interactions understood as a sharing of place. Against the background of urbanization, migration, urban densification and new technologies, it can be assumed that our everyday ways of sharing place with one another are becoming more diversified. READ MORE