Ken Akiba
Biographic Data
| ID | 1290375 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ken Akiba |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ken |
| FAMILY NAME | Akiba |
| SIGNATURE | AKIBA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3728-4639 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Boolean Many-Valued Solution to the Sorites Paradox
Montague's treatment of determiner (or quantifier) phrases: A philosophical introduction
This paper introduces Richard Montague's theory of determiner (or quantifier) phrases to the philosophically oriented readers who are familiar with Russell's traditional treatment. Determiner phrases include not only quantifier phrases in the narrow sense, such as every man, some woman, and nothing, but also DP conjunctions such as Adam and Betty and Adam or Betty, and even proper names such as Adam and Betty. Montague treats all determiner phras…
A defense of indeterminate distinctness
Probabilistic Measures of Coherence and the Problem of Belief Individuation
Vagueness as a Modality
I present a modal conception of vagueness and vague objects, according to which a vague object is a transworld object which coincides with one precise object in one world and with another precise object in another world. Such worlds are called precisifications; they are modal, worldly counterparts of the precisifications postulated in supervaluationism. I criticize Evans' argument against vague objects, admitting the validity of the argument, but…
Probabilistic Measures of Coherence and the Problem of Belief Individuation
Vagueness as a Modality
I present a modal conception of vagueness and vague objects, according to which a vague object is a transworld object which coincides with one precise object in one world and with another precise object in another world. Such worlds are called precisifications; they are modal, worldly counterparts of the precisifications postulated in supervaluationism. I criticize Evans' argument against vague objects, admitting the validity of the argument, but…
A defense of indeterminate distinctness
Vagueness as a Modality
I present a modal conception of vagueness and vague objects, according to which a vague object is a transworld object which coincides with one precise object in one world and with another precise object in another world. Such worlds are called precisifications; they are modal, worldly counterparts of the precisifications postulated in supervaluationism. I criticize Evans' argument against vague objects, admitting the validity of the argument, but…
Probabilistic Measures of Coherence and the Problem of Belief Individuation
A defense of indeterminate distinctness
Montague's treatment of determiner (or quantifier) phrases: A philosophical introduction
This paper introduces Richard Montague's theory of determiner (or quantifier) phrases to the philosophically oriented readers who are familiar with Russell's traditional treatment. Determiner phrases include not only quantifier phrases in the narrow sense, such as every man, some woman, and nothing, but also DP conjunctions such as Adam and Betty and Adam or Betty, and even proper names such as Adam and Betty. Montague treats all determiner phras…
The Boolean Many-Valued Solution to the Sorites Paradox
Epistemology (5 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (3 works) · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (3 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works)