While on my exploration on the internet, I stumbled upon something on Wikipedia referring to arguments in fuzzy logic. Here's the post:
Argument in fuzzy logic
Argument is a reference to possible future gain, either economic or moral, if an individual action is performed. In informal logic, an argument is a connexion between a) an
individual action b) through which a
generally accepted good is obtained. Ex :
- a) You should marry Jane (individual action, individual decision)
b) because she has the same temper as you. (generally accepted wisdom that marriage is good in itself, and it is generally accepted that people with the same character get along well).
- a) You should not smoke (individual action, individual decision)
b) because smoking is harmful (generally accepted wisdom that health is good). The argument is neither a)
advice nor b)
moral or economical judgement, but the connection between the two. An argument uses always the connective
because. An argument is not an
explanation. It does not connect two events, cause and effect, who already took place, but a possible individual action and it's beneficial outcome. An argument is not a
proof. A proof is logical and cognitive concept; an argument is a praxeologic concept. A proof changes our knowledge ; an argument determines us to act.
i dont really see what you are looking for people to say about this. To me it just seems like wikipedia trying to explain an argument in its own words. This is much more complicated than the way Professor Silliman explains an argument, or our book. I would just stick to what the book says.
ReplyDeleteNo reason not to look at other ways of framing the matter. These are indeed a kind of inductive argument. I'm not sure, though, what we gain by calling it "fuzzy logic" except a cute name.
ReplyDeleteI really feel like the first example is not an argument, because the unsupplied premise "because she has the same temper as you" should not be considered common knowledge. People marry for other means, like "because she has lots of money" or "because shes the prettiest girl you can get".
ReplyDeleteI do agree that the second is an argument, though. There are other premises that could be supplied here like "smoking causes emphysema" or "smoking does not come with health benefits".
I kinda feel like the term 'fuzzy logic' has been coined because their seem to be many topics that are not necessessarily widely known or accepted as common knowledge, so the line between argument and stated facts seems to blur.