Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!ukc!eagle!icdoc!qmc-cs!root From: root@cs.qmc.ac.uk (The Superuser) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Fuzzy systems theory was (Re: Alternative to Probability) Message-ID: <487@sequent.cs.qmc.ac.uk> Date: 26 May 88 11:18:22 GMT References: <4134%super.upenn.edu> <3200014@uiucdcsm> <1484@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Lines: 23 <1196@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> <183@proxftl.UUCP> <1213@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>, my previous postings Sender: Reply-To: flash@ee.UUCP (Flash Sheridan) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: EE Dept, Queen Mary College, University of London, UK. Keywords: fuzzy, logic, realism From: flash@ee.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) Reply-To: sheridan@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk or_perhaps_Reply_to: flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk >>Because fuzzy logic is based on a fallacy >Is this kind of polemic really necessary? Yes. The thing the fuzzies try to ignore is that they haven't established that their field has any value whatsoever except a few cases of dumb luck. It _may_ have value, but we must still debate that. From: flash@ee.qmc.ac.uk (Flash Sheridan) Reply-To: sheridan@nss.cs.ucl.ac.uk or_perhaps_Reply_to: flash@cs.qmc.ac.uk