#15173Informally, a disposition is a proposition which is preponderantly, but not necessarily always, true.
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Informally , a
<term>
disposition
</term>
is a
<term>
proposition
</term>
which is preponderantly , but not
#15176Informally, a disposition is a proposition which is preponderantly, but not necessarily always, true.
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For example , birds can fly is a
<term>
disposition
</term>
, as are the
<term>
propositions
</term>
#15196For example, birds can fly is a disposition , as are the propositions Swedes are blond and Spaniards are dark.
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described in this paper is that a
<term>
disposition
</term>
may be viewed as a
<term>
proposition
#15223An idea which underlies the theory described in this paper is that a disposition may be viewed as a proposition with implicit fuzzy quantifiers which are approximations to all and always, e.g., almost all, almost always, most, frequently, etc.
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disposition
</term>
may be viewed as a
<term>
proposition
</term>
with
<term>
implicit fuzzy quantifiers
#15229An idea which underlies the theory described in this paper is that a disposition may be viewed as a proposition with implicit fuzzy quantifiers which are approximations to all and always, e.g., almost all, almost always, most, frequently, etc.
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fuzzy quantifier
</term>
most in the
<term>
proposition
</term>
most birds can fly . Similarly ,
#15276For example, birds can fly may be interpreted as the result of suppressing the fuzzy quantifier most in the proposition most birds can fly.
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women . The process of transforming a
<term>
disposition
</term>
into a
<term>
proposition
</term>
is
#15306The process of transforming a disposition into a proposition is referred to as explicitation or restoration.
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transforming a
<term>
disposition
</term>
into a
<term>
proposition
</term>
is referred to as
<term>
explicitation
#15309The process of transforming a disposition into a proposition is referred to as explicitation or restoration.
tech,13-6-P84-1064,ak
proposition
</term>
is referred to as
<term>
explicitation
</term>
or
<term>
restoration
</term>
.
<term>
#15314The process of transforming a disposition into a proposition is referred to as explicitation or restoration.
tech,15-6-P84-1064,ak
to as
<term>
explicitation
</term>
or
<term>
restoration
</term>
.
<term>
Explicitation
</term>
sets
#15316The process of transforming a disposition into a proposition is referred to as explicitation or restoration .
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sets the stage for representing the
<term>
meaning
</term>
of a
<term>
proposition
</term>
through
#15325Explicitation sets the stage for representing the meaning of a proposition through the use of test-score semantics (Zadeh, 1978, 1982).
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representing the
<term>
meaning
</term>
of a
<term>
proposition
</term>
through the use of
<term>
test-score
#15328Explicitation sets the stage for representing the meaning of a proposition through the use of test-score semantics (Zadeh, 1978, 1982).
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approach to
<term>
semantics
</term>
, the
<term>
meaning
</term>
of a
<term>
proposition
</term>
, p
#15350In this approach to semantics, the meaning of a proposition, p, is represented as a procedure which tests, scores and aggregates the elastic constraints which are induced by p.
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</term>
, the
<term>
meaning
</term>
of a
<term>
proposition
</term>
, p , is represented as a
<term>
procedure
#15353In this approach to semantics, the meaning of a proposition , p, is represented as a procedure which tests, scores and aggregates the elastic constraints which are induced by p.
tech,18-8-P84-1064,ak
proposition
</term>
, p , is represented as a
<term>
procedure
</term>
which tests , scores and aggregates
#15361In this approach to semantics, the meaning of a proposition, p, is represented as a procedure which tests, scores and aggregates the elastic constraints which are induced by p.
tech,10-9-P84-1064,ak
with a description of an approach to
<term>
reasoning
</term>
with
<term>
dispositions
</term>
which
#15386The paper closes with a description of an approach to reasoning with dispositions which is based on the concept of a fuzzy syllogism.
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paper , we formulate a definition of
<term>
typicality
</term>
-- a concept which plays an important
#15440As a simple application of the techniques described in this paper, we formulate a definition of typicality -- a concept which plays an important role in human cognition and is of relevance to default reasoning.