1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384772803316

Autore

Wright John Michael <ca. 1617-ca. 1694.>

Titolo

An account of His Excellence, Roger Earl of Castlemaine's embassy from His Sacred Majesty James IId, King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, &c. to His Holiness Innocent XI [[electronic resource] /] / published formerly in the Italian tongue by Mr. Michael Wright ... and now made English ; with several amendments and additions

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Tho. Snowden for the Author, 1688

Descrizione fisica

[7], 116, [3] p., 14 leaves of plates (3 folded)

Soggetti

Great Britain Foreign relations Italy

Italy Foreign relations Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Errata: p. 116.

Reproduction of original in Bristol Public Library, Bristol, England.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0016



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781072503321

Autore

Deemter Kees van

Titolo

Not exactly [[electronic resource] ] : in praise of vagueness / / Kees van Deemter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-19-164785-3

1-282-46580-5

9786612465802

0-19-157288-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Disciplina

121.68

401

401.43

401/.43

511.313

Soggetti

Vagueness (Philosophy)

Semantics

Logic

Computational linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Figures; Prologue; 1. Introduction: False Clarity; PART I: VAGUENESS, WHERE ONE LEAST EXPECTS IT; PART II: THEORIES OF VAGUENESS; PART III: WORKING MODELS OF VAGUENESS; Notes; Recommended Reading; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Not everything is black and white. Our daily lives are full of vagueness or fuzziness. Language is the most obvious example - for instance, when we describe someone as tall, it is as though there is a particular height beyond which a person can be considered 'tall'. Likewise the terms 'blond' or 'overweight' in common usage. We often think in discontinuous categories when we are considering something continuous.In this book, van Deemter cuts across various disciplines in considering the nature and importance of vagueness. He looks at the



principles of measurement, and how we choose categories;