• DocumentCode
    3461750
  • Title

    Fuzzy relevant logic: what is it and why study it?

  • Author

    Cheng, Jingde

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Saitama Univ., Urawa, Japan
  • Volume
    5
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    250
  • Abstract
    For any correct argument in scientific reasoning as well as our everyday reasoning, the premises of the argument must be in some way relevant to the conclusion of that argument, and vice versa. On the other hand, in scientific reasoning as well as our everyday reasoning, many arguments may be correct to some degree, and therefore, a reasoning consisting of such fuzzy arguments is approximate. As a generalization of Boolean classical logic, fuzzy logic was established in order to deal with those fuzzy propositions and to underlie approximate reasoning. However, an approximate reasoning based on fuzzy logic is not necessarily relevant. The author calls for attention to such a fundamental research problem as: Can we establish a formal logic system to underlie those reasoning that is both relevant and approximate? The paper presents the motivation to study fuzzy relevant logic and discusses possible research directions, problems, and difficulties to establish a formal fuzzy relevant logic system to underlie approximate and relevant reasoning
  • Keywords
    fuzzy logic; inference mechanisms; uncertainty handling; Boolean classical logic; approximate reasoning; everyday reasoning; fuzzy arguments; fuzzy propositions; fuzzy relevant logic; scientific reasoning; Boolean functions; Calculus; Explosives; Formal languages; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy reasoning; Fuzzy systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • ISSN
    1062-922X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5731-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSMC.1999.815556
  • Filename
    815556