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A New Criterion for Comparing Fuzzy Logics for Uncertain Reasoning

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A new criterion is introduced for judging the suitability of various “fuzzy logics” for practical uncertain reasoning in a probabilistic world and the relationship of this criterion to several established criteria, and its consequences for truth functional belief, are investigated.

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Bennett, A., Paris, J. & Vencovská, A. A New Criterion for Comparing Fuzzy Logics for Uncertain Reasoning. Journal of Logic, Language and Information 9, 31–63 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008353725927

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