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The main aim of this paper is to present a few general ideas preliminary to an assessment of the role that a correct interchange between the elaboration of new theories and an open minded experimentation can have in the development of new fields of investigation. Although many of the reflections and remarks that follow will be of a very broad type, the reference background of all the paper will be, in general, the composite field of information sciences and, more specifically, the innovative concepts and approaches introduced by fuzzy sets theory. Abe Mamdani’s work can certainly be considered as an outstanding example of the way in which these innovations arose and, subsequently, flourished.
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Termini, S. (2012). Concepts, Theories, and Applications: The Role of “Experimentation” (and “Context”) for Formalizing New Ideas along Innovative Avenues. In: Trillas, E., Bonissone, P., Magdalena, L., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Combining Experimentation and Theory. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 271. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24666-1_24
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