fuzzy logic
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a form of mathematical logic in which truth can assume a continuum of values between 0 and 1
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Does fuzzy logic tickle?
The human brain works as a binary computer and can only analyze the exact information-based zeros and ones (or black and white). Our heart is more like a chemical computer that uses fuzzy logic to analyze information that can't be easily defined in zeros and ones.
Fuzzy logic is therefore probably the best mathematical structure for understanding "robust relativism" and has been interpreted by Bart Kosko as philosophically being related to Zen Buddhism.
Fuzzy logic proposes a gradual transition between "perfect falsity", for example, the statement " Bill Clinton is bald", to "perfect truth", for, say, " Patrick Stewart is bald".
Fuzzy logic is a form of many-valued logic in which the truth values of variables may be any real number between 0 and 1, considered to be "fuzzy".
Comparison to probability seeAlso Fuzzy logic and probability address different forms of uncertainty.