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
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