näherungsbegriffe
Näherungsbegriffe, often translated as "approximate concepts" or "fuzzy concepts" in English, are terms or ideas that do not have precisely defined boundaries or clear-cut criteria for membership. Unlike concepts with sharp definitions, such as "prime number," which has a strict mathematical rule, näherungsbegriffe allow for a degree of vagueness and flexibility.
These concepts are characterized by their inherent imprecision. For instance, the concept of "tall" is a näherungsbegriff.
The use of näherungsbegriffe is pervasive in everyday language and human cognition. We rely on them to
In fields like linguistics, philosophy, and artificial intelligence, näherungsbegriffe are studied to understand how humans process