[CF7-1] Vagueness

Vagueness arises from lack of criteria for the applicability of certain linguistic terms. It arises from the lack knowledge about the meanings of terms.

External resources

• Bennett, B., Cristani, M., 2017. Spatial Vagueness, Uncertainty, Granularity: A Special Double Issue of spatial Cognition and Computation. Psychology Press.

Learning outcomes

• 467 - Compare and contrast the meanings of related terms such as vague, fuzzy, imprecise, indefinite, indiscrete, unclear, and ambiguous
  Compare and contrast the meanings of related terms such as vague, fuzzy, imprecise, indefinite, indiscrete, unclear, and ambiguous
• 468 - Evaluate the role that system complexity, dynamic processes, and subjectivity play in the creation of vague phenomena and concepts
  Evaluate the role that system complexity, dynamic processes, and subjectivity play in the creation of vague phenomena and concepts
• 469 - Identify the hedges used in language to convey vagueness
  Identify the hedges used in language to convey vagueness
• 470 - Describe the cognitive processes that tend to create vagueness
  Describe the cognitive processes that tend to create vagueness
• 471 - Differentiate applications in which vagueness is an acceptable trait from those in which it is unacceptable
  Differentiate applications in which vagueness is an acceptable trait from those in which it is unacceptable
• 472 - Recognize the degree to which vagueness depends on scale
  Recognize the degree to which vagueness depends on scale
• 473 - Evaluate vagueness in the locations, time, attributes, and other aspects of geographic phenomena
  Evaluate vagueness in the locations, time, attributes, and other aspects of geographic phenomena
• 474 - Differentiate between the following concepts: vagueness and ambiguity, well defined and poorly defined objects and fields or discord and non-specificity
  Differentiate between the following concepts: vagueness and ambiguity, well defined and poorly defined objects and fields or discord and non-specificity

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [CF7-1] Vagueness subclassof [CF7] Imperfections in geographic information
• [CF7-1] Vagueness subclassof [IP3-12] Uncertainty