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Do Uncertainty and Fuzziness Present Themselves (and Behave) in the Same Way in Hard and Human Sciences?

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In the present paper the question whether uncertainty and fuzziness present themselves and behave in the same way (or not) in hard and human sciences will be briefly discussed. This problem came out from the attempt to answer the question asked by Lotfi Zadeh on the (apparent) strangeness of a very limited use of fuzzy sets in human sciences.

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  2. European Center for Soft Computing, Mieres (Asturias), Spain

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  1. Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

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  2. Department of Knowledge Processing and Language Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Rudolf Kruse

  3. Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik, Technische Universität Dortmund, 44221, Dortmund, (Germany)

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Termini, S. (2010). Do Uncertainty and Fuzziness Present Themselves (and Behave) in the Same Way in Hard and Human Sciences?. In: Hüllermeier, E., Kruse, R., Hoffmann, F. (eds) Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems. Applications. IPMU 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 81. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14058-7_34

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