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Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:44:02
From: Laura de Kreij [Laura.dekreij at Springernature.com]
Subject: Vagueness and Rationality in Language Use and Cognition: Dietz (ed.)

 


Title: Vagueness and Rationality in Language Use and Cognition 
Series Title: Language, Cognition and Mind  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Springer
	   http://www.springer.com
	

Book URL: http://springer.com/gp/book/9783030159306 


Editor: Richard Dietz

Electronic: ISBN:  9783030159313 Pages: 183 Price: Europe EURO 93.08
Hardback: ISBN:  9783030159306 Pages: 183 Price: Europe EURO 119.89


Abstract:

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.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Computational Linguistics
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Pragmatics
                     Psycholinguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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