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This is only a special aspect of the time-honored problem of induction how does science manage to deduce general laws from a necessarily finite number of observations Since classical logic cannot answer this question, many attempts have been made to resort to probability considerations. The aim is to compute the probability for a hypothesized law to be true, given a set of observations. The preceding discussion has shown that this question has no answer unless an a priori probability of all possible hypotheses is given or assumed. I draw a ball from an urn and it is black what is the probability that all balls in that urn are black The question has no answer, unless it is added that the urn was picked from a specified ensemble of urns containing black and other balls in specified ratios. 

If we disregard the parenthetical remarks, (PI) is but a tautology. The parenthetical remarks have been justified in the previous discussion. (P2) is the contraposition of the T-equivalence involving the sentence We are brains in a vat in classical logic, where p is not true is equivalent with p is false . 

Reasoning based on fuzzy propositions of the four types, possibly quantified by various fuzzy quantifiers, is usually referred to as approximate reasoning. Although approximate reasoning is currently a subject of intensive research, its basic principles are already well established. For example, the most common inference rules of classical logic, such as modus ponens,... 

Consider an arbitrary proposition in the canonical form x is P, where x is an object from some universal set X and P is a predicate relevant to the object. To qualify for a treatment by classical logic, the proposition must be devoid of any uncertainty that is, it must be possible to determine whether the proposition is true or false. Any proposition that does not satisfy this requirement, due to some inherent uncertainty in it, is thus not admissible in classical logic. This is overly restrictive since uncertainty-free propositions are rather rare in human affairs. 

A general conclusion reached by Black is that dealing with vague propositions requires a logic that does not obey some of the laws of classical logic, notably the law of the excluded middle and the law of contradiction. The same conclusion was arrived at by Bertrand Russell in 1923, as seen from the following quote ... 

Other distinguished scholars expressed similar views to those of Russell and Black regarding the inadequacy of classical logic for representing aspects of the experimental world. For example, Pierre Duhem, a distinguished French physicist and philosopher, made the following observation in his 1906 book ... 

Responses of opponents of fuzzy set theory to these examples of very successful applications of fuzzy set theory have been of two kinds. In the first kind of response, the examples are accepted as legitimate applications of fuzzy set theory, but it is maintained that some traditional methodology (classical control theory, Bayesian methodology, classical logic, etc.) would solve the problems even better. An example of this kind of response is the following excerpt from a personal letter I received from Anthony Garrett, one of my professional acquaintances and a devoted Bayesian, after I informed him about the fuzzy helicopter control ... 

Observe that Definition 1, if unqualified, defines a standard system of fuzzy logic. As well known (and easy to prove), this system satisfies all laws of classical logic except the law of the excluded middle [since, in general, t(AV -I A) = 1 in this system] and the law of contradiction [since, in general, t(A A -i A) =0 in this system]. When one of these laws is imposed on the system, the degrees of truth become constrained to 0 and 1 clearly if /(A) e [0,1], then... 

Fuzzy logic must violate, by definition, some laws of classical logic or, alternatively, it must violate the truth functionally.Hence, Elkan s theorem (however trivial) does not say anything about fuzzy logic at all. The technical limitations implied by the theorem do not apply to fuzzy logic, but to classical two-valued logic. 

Digital devices such as computers work with sharply defined logical elements—bits which take the values of 1 (true) and 0 (false) i.e., their work is based on classical prepositional logic or its mathematical equivalent, Boolean algebra. The fuzzy nature of human reasoning, on the other hand, makes things much more flexible, but may lead to irreproducible results and hence be a source of error. For instance, two chemists may draw different conclusions about a structure derived from the same spectral information from the same unknown compound measured on the same instrument. In contrast, the classical logic of computers always leads to the... 

An ambitious attempt to defend the possibility of contradictory states of affairs is Routley and M cr, "Dialectical logic, classical logic and the consistency of the world". Johan sson, "Der Minimalkiil", showed that in some weak logical systems contradictions can be contained, so that the admission of one contradictory statement does not commit us to the acceptance of all contradictory statements, as in the standard logical calculi. 

Routley, R. and Meyer, R. K. Dialectical logic, classical logic and the consistency of the world. Studies in Soviet Thought 16 (1976) 1-25. 

In the halls of chemistry departments, we often hear how difficult it is to understand quantum chemistry. It is hard to know if this situation reflects a problem on the side of the teacher or the student. Somehow it should be easier to study quantum chemistry than classical mechanics, since so many areas of study in the 20th century have been shaped by quantum theory. In other words, the essence of quantum theory has invaded our conventional ideas. For example, we say If there is no conflict, it has to be right. The logic of this statement is obviously related to the formulation of quantum theory. One would think that it should be easier to understand a field based on contemporary logic than fields rooted in classical logic. Pedagogues often believe one should study history systematically from the past to the latest events. This does not mean that the concept of a field is easy to understand, but it reflects the fact that history is a human drama. If many people took this attitude, the study of quantum theory could become quite enjoyable. 

We say that the grounds support the claim on the basis of the existence of a warrant that explains the connection between the grounds and the claim. It is easy to relate the structure of these basic elements with the process of inference, whether inductive or deductive, in classical logic. The warrants are the set of rules of inference, and the grounds and claim are the set of well-defined propositions or statements. It will be only the sequence and procedures, as used to formulate the three basic elements and their structure in a logical fashion, that will determine the type of inference that is used. 

Thus we see, at the deepest level, that all mathematical (including classical logic) and scientific knowledge is a representation or a model of our thinking and perception of the world. 

CPNs model the system structure and its dynamic behavior in the same model. The dynamic behavior is modelled thanks to token evolution. After each transition firing, some tokens are consumed and some other are produced. This notion of production/consumption cannot he expressed in classical logic, that is why the mill was preferred. On the other hand, unlike Ordinary Petri Nets, token in CPN isofacertain type (color)and belongs to a set of this type (color set) and is transformed by arc expressions. So the translation from CPN to mill must respect these properties. That is why, the FirstOrder mill (MILL I) is used for the translation. CPN Places are expressed in mill i by imary relation symbols (Propositional variables) which allow... 

Boole s seminal contribution to information processing is widely appreciated. Following his analysis of language in terms of the truth or falsehood of elementary statements, the representation of truth or falsehood with the symbols 0 and 1 allowed algebraic manipulation and analysis so that Aristotle s classical logic could be greatly extended. Subsequently, these ideas evolved into Boolean logic where... 

Obviously that B and C can be recovered by applying the gate to B and C. Tha-efore, the gate is reversible. Fredkin gate can be used to built an universal set of classical logic gates. 

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