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Probability, Vague Statements and Fuzzy Sets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

A. I. Dale
A. I. Dale*
Affiliation:
University of Natal, Durban
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Abstract

The relationship between vague statements and fuzzy sets is examined. It is shown that the probability of vague statements may be defined in a manner analogous to that discussed in Reichenbach's logic of weight.

Type
Research Article
Information
Philosophy of Science , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , March 1980 , pp. 38 - 55
Copyright
Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1980

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Footnotes

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I am grateful to the referees for the references Lewis (1976) and Bellman & Giertz (1973), and for other helpful comments.

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