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On Fuzziness: Empiricism and Cross-Disciplinarity Unbounded

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Fuzziness came to my attention through the disciplinary prism of philosophy of science, with its issues and its history. My goal is to identify the bearing of fuzziness on these abstract issues and to suggest valuable lessons.

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  1. Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

    Jordi Cat

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  1. , Edificio de Investigación, European Centre for Soft Computing, C Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós S/N, Mieres, 33600, Spain

    Rudolf Seising

  2. Edificio de Investigación, 3ª Planta., European Centre for Soft Computing, C Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós S/N, Mieres, 33600, Asturias, Spain

    Enric Trillas

  3. Edificio de Investigación, 3ª Planta., European Centre for Soft Computing, Asturias, Mieres, 33600, Spain

    Claudio Moraga

  4. , Department of Mathematic and Informatics, Università di Palermo, Via Archirafi 34, Palermo, 90123, Italy

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Cat, J. (2013). On Fuzziness: Empiricism and Cross-Disciplinarity Unbounded. In: Seising, R., Trillas, E., Moraga, C., Termini, S. (eds) On Fuzziness. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 298. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35641-4_15

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