Fuzzy Thinking: The New Science of Fuzzy Logic

by Bart Kosko

Book Overview

An authoritative introduction to "fuzzy logic" brings readers up to speed on the "smart" products and computers that will change all of our lives in the future.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1562828398
• ISBN13: 9781562828394
• Release Date: June 1993
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

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Very clear and simple

This book won't win any medals as a textbook, but Bart Kosko clearly did not intend for it to do so. He writes clearly, presenting the basic idea and "philosophy" of fuzzy logic in laymans terms with just enough math to get the average person interested without feeling overwhelmed. An excellect introduction to burying Aristotlian logic and thinking closer to the world experience. I highly recommend it.

Entertainment or education? Expectation setting is key.

I've never met Bart Kosko, but reading his book I feel as if I may have. It has a very freely associative (almost conversational) style that leads me to think Kosko lecture material might've made a substantial contribution to this work. Possibly Kosko's many discussions of the Buddha vs. Aristotle reflect the dualistic nature of Kosko himself- part parodoxical sage, part analytical rationalist- both personality poles seem to be represented in many of the Koskoian connections put forth (what Kosko might term 'the part in the whole'). Other mentionables:1) This book is pretty light on the math, even for pop-sci material. References citied are more than adequate for in-depth investigations of this material, however.2) Kosko's extraverted enthusiasim for his subject matter is evident and may come across as overly-excited and unstructured rambling. 3) Explanatory style is broadly associative; examples provided draw from a variety of disciplines (which is somewhat expected of someone with degrees in philosophy/econ/EE/math), although not necessarily with equal rigour. Some philosophical and historic parallels might be contended; these need not detract from larger ideas of the book as there are plenty of solid explanations to choose from.After my first foray into this subject material it seems that as a tool, fuzzy logic posseses tremendous utility for computer scientists and engineers. As a new paradigm of thought in mathematics or physics, fuzzy logic's importance is definately more... well, fuzzy. As with any new tool, the development of new practitional paradigms might be necessary for portions of its potential user community; this book should be up to that task.As mentioned I've never met Kosko, but would certainly like to after reading his book; he's obviously an intelligent and interesting guy. The entertainment value of its ideas and engaging presentational style earn this book a five... had it rested solely on it's educational merits and coherency would've probably garnered it a three.

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A very good invitation to discover Fuzzy Logic. One of the book you must read before reading more technical (or more mathematical) books. You might not like Kosko's style of writing but anyway, the content is terrific and the ideas are there.

Kudos to Kosko, GREAT book!!!!!!!

While going through an industrial engineering BS program, it seemed that many models and modeling techniques for various things left something to be desired. Fuzzy Thinking takes us out of the binary world, and into the fuzzy world, the way people think, and the way systems behave. This book is non-technical (easy to understand), intuitive, and provides a great introduction to Fuzzy logic, including anything from the philosophic origins of fuzzy thinking to existing and future applications of Fuzzy Logic. In was like reading one of Goldratt's books, (The Goal, It's Not Luck, Critical Chain) in the sense that it filled in missing links, that aren't presented in engineering, science, math, and business classes. If you are looking for a new way to view the world, or just some interesting, thought provoking reading, GET THIS BOOK!! It is well worth the investment.