On modelling vagueness - and not modelling incommensurability

Sugden, Robert (2009) On modelling vagueness - and not modelling incommensurability. Proceedings Of The Aristotelian Society (Paperback), Supplementary 83 (1). pp. 95-113.

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Abstract

This paper defines and analyses the concept of a ‘ranking problem’. In a ranking problem, a set of objects, each of which possesses some common property P to some degree, are ranked by P-ness. I argue that every eligible answer to a ranking problem can be expressed as a complete and transitive ‘is at least as P as’ relation. Vagueness is expressed as a multiplicity of eligible rankings. Incommensurability, properly understood, is the absence of a common property P. Trying to analyse incommensurability in the same framework as ranking problems causes unnecessary confusion.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics
Depositing User:	Gina Neff
Date Deposited:	13 Jan 2011 14:55
Last Modified:	11 Sep 2023 12:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/18417
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8349.2009.00174.x

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