Typicality, graded membership, and vagueness

Cognitive Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-384

  Hampton, James A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categories; Concepts; Conceptual combination; Fuzzy logic; Graded membership; Logic; Prototypes; Vagueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447578946     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15326900701326402     Document Type: Article

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