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Readership: The serious lay reader, also of interest to academics and students in a range of disciplines.
Kees van Deemter, Reader in Computing Science, University of Aberdeen
"Amusing, persuasive. conversational and engaging." - John Gilbey, Times Higher Education Supplement
"Engaging and approachable book." - John Gilbey, Times Higher Education Supplement
Prologue Part 1: Vagueness, where one leasts expects it 1: Introduction: False Clarity 2: Sex and similarity: on the Fiction of Species 3: Measurements that Matter 4: Identity and Gradual Change 5: Vagueness in Numbers and Maths Part II: Theories of Vagueness 6: The Linguistics of Vagueness 7: Reasoning with Vague Information 8: Parrying a Paradox 9: Degrees of Truth Part III: Working Models of Vagueness 10: Artificial Intelligence 11: When to be Vague: Computers as Authors 12: The Explusion from Boole's Paradise Epilogue: In the Antiques Shop Endnotes Further Reading Bibliography
