On the Logos : a naïve view on ordinary reasoning and fuzzy logic

This book offers an inspiring and naïve view on language and reasoning. It presents a new approach to ordinary reasoning that follows the author's former work on fuzzy logic. Starting from a pragmatic scientific view on meaning as a quantity, and the common sense reasoning from a primitive noti...

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Main Author Trillas, E. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
SeriesStudies in fuzziness and soft computing ; v. 354.
Subjects
Fuzzy logic.
Natural language processing (Computer science)
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319560533
9783319560526
ISSN1434-9922 ;
Physical Description1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Meaning as a Quantity
  • Antonyms, Negation, and the Fuzzy Case
  • 'And', and 'Or' in Language. The case with Fuzzy Sets
  • A First Look at Conditional Statements
  • Linguistic Qualification, and Synonymy
  • Thinking, Analogy, and Reasoning
  • A (Naïve) Symbolic Model of Ordinary Reasoning
  • A Glance at Analogy
  • A Glance at Creative Reasoning
  • Formal Reasoning with Precise Words
  • Formal Reasoning with Imprecise Words
  • A Few Questions on the Reasoning of Quantum Physics
  • Questions on Uncertain, Possible, and Probable
  • Questions on Domesticating and Controlling Analogy
  • Questions on the Classical Schemes of Inference
  • Questions on the Fuzzy Schemes of Inference
  • Questions on Monotony
  • Questions on 'Not Covered by P'
  • Questions on 'Sorites' in Ordinary Reasoning
  • A Few Questions on Naming Concepts
  • Instead of a Conclusion
  • To End Up.

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