Abstract

The paper examines ways in which the meanings of geographical concepts are affected by the phenomenon of vagueness. A logical analysis based on the theory of supervaluation semantics is developed and employed to describe differences and logical dependencies between different senses of vague concepts. Particular attention is given to analysing the concept of `forest' which exhibits many kinds of vagueness.

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