Not Exactly: In Praise of Vagueness

by Kees van Deemter

Book Overview

Our daily lives are full of vagueness or fuzziness. When we describe someone as "tall," for example, it is as though there is a particular height beyond which a person can be considered "tall." In this stimulating book, Kees Van Deemter cuts across various disciplines--including artificial intelligence, logic, and computer science--to illuminate the nature and importance of vagueness. Van Deemter shows why vagueness is both unavoidable and useful,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199545901
• ISBN13: 9780199545902
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"