Deviant Logic, Fuzzy Logic: Beyond the Formalism
The success of fuzzy logic in certain technological applications such as in controllers for air-conditioners and other appliances, in subway braking systems, and so forth, has led some philosophers to see it as a rival to classical logic. This book is an extended defense of classical logic against attacks by proponents not only of fuzzy logic but also of many-valued, dialethic, intuitionist, and other "alternative" logics. Haack (philosophy, Univ. of Miami) deals here not only with logic but also with important issues in epistemology; however, the level of discourse is such that its main audience will be logicians and serious students of philosophy. The book contains the complete text of Haack's 1974 publication, Deviant Logic, and five other essays that have also appeared before. In view of this, academic libraries need consider only as budgets allow.?Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Mgt. Lib., Washingon, D.C.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.