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I have pointed to the rather obvious fact that pictures, unlike linguistic symbols, have a specifically and distinctively visual character that is central to its uses. That is, pictures, like words, play many roles, as does categorization, not just representation, and for the performance of their functions pictures rely directly or indirectly on their perceptual properties. In this case, we can locate the conditions for vagueness of representation in the categorization of perceptual entities and properties.
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Siegel [1], 4. How this thought might apply to mathematical propositions or structures requires careful consideration of abstractions, formal truth by construction or inference.
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Ibid., 30–34.
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This is Ned Bloch’s view.
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Ibid., 47. Here I’m glossing over many relevant and often controversial subtleties.
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Ibid., 45.
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Ibid., 176.
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Ibid., 117.
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Ibid., 36.
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Siegel, S. (2010). The contents of visual experience. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Cat, J. (2017). Visual Representation: From Perceptions to Pictures. In: Fuzzy Pictures as Philosophical Problem and Scientific Practice. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 348. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47190-7_6
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