<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>13</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">van der Waart van Gulik, Stephan</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Makinson, David</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wansing, Heinrich</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Non-Scalar Hedges</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Towards Mathematical Philosophy</style></secondary-title><tertiary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trends in Logic</style></tertiary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kluwer</style></publisher><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">233-247</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;In (Journal of Philosophical Logic, 2: 458508, 1973), George Lakoff proposes a fuzzy semantics for the non-scalar hedges &lt;em&gt;technically, strictly speaking, and loosely speaking&lt;/em&gt;. These hedges are able to modify the meaning of a predicate. However, Lakoffs proposal is problematic. For example, his semantics only contains interpretations for hedged predicates using semantic information provided by selection functions. What kind of information these functions should provide for non-hedged predicates remains unspecified. This paper presents a solution for this deficit and other problems by means of a generic first-order fuzzy logic &lt;strong&gt;FL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sub&gt;h&lt;/sub&gt; . A wide range of fuzzy logics can be used as a basis for &lt;strong&gt;FL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sub&gt;h&lt;/sub&gt; . Next to a fully specified semantics, this solution also incorporates a proof theory for reasoning with these hedges. &lt;strong&gt;FL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sub&gt;h&lt;/sub&gt; makes use of a special set of selection functions. These functions collect the kind of information a reasoner can retrieve from concepts in his or her memory when interpreting a (non-)hedged predicate. Despite this non-standard element, &lt;strong&gt;FL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sub&gt;h&lt;/sub&gt; remains a conservative modification of its underlying fuzzy logic.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record></records></xml>