The resolution of two paradoxes by approximate reasoning using a fuzzy logic

✍ Scribed by J. F. Baldwin; N. C. F. Guild

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 932 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0039-7857
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00413469

✦ Synopsis

The method of approximate reasoning using a fuzzy logic introduced by Baldwin (1978 a,b,c), is used to model human reasoning in the resolution of two well known paradoxes.

It is shown how classical propositional logic fails to resolve the paradoxes, how multiple valued logic partially succeeds and that a satisfactory resolution is obtained with fuzzy logic.

The problem of precise representation of vague concepts is considered in the light of the results obtained.