Comparability of Values, Rough Equality, and Vagueness
Griffin and Broome on Incommensurability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12227606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mozaffar Qizilbash (0000-0002-2654-591X, University of East Anglia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 223-240 |
| Publication date | 2000-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Utilitas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0953-8208 • E-ISSN: 1741-6183 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0953820800002806 |
| OpenAlex | W2115323643 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
There are several different forms of comparability involving prudential values. Comparisons of values in the abstract, of realizations of some value, and of options which realize values, are distinct, and related, though not mutually exclusive. Furthermore, if rough equality is thought of as an evaluative relation in terms of which comparisons can be made, it does not imply incomparability. If it involves epistemic vagueness, this does not imply incomparability, since our not knowing which relation holds does not imply that no relation holds. Finally, if it is true to some degree that some relation holds, there may be some fuzzy ordering. Given that we may not be able coherently to talk about degrees of truth, I propose an open-ended comparability condition, which takes account of rough equality, epistemic vagueness and fuzziness
Combinatorics · Comparability · Data mining · Economics · Epistemology · Fuzzy logic · Linguistics · Mathematical economics · Positive economics · Relation (database · Sociology · Statistics · Vagueness · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Game Theory and Voting Systems · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2021 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |