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The classical view of concepts in psychology was challenged in the 1970swhen experimental evidence showed that concept categories are graded and thus cannotbe represented adequately by classical sets. The possibility of using fuzzy settheory and fuzzy logic for representing and dealing with concepts was recognizedinitially but then virtually abandoned in the early 1980s. In this volume, leadingresearchers--both psychologists working on concepts and mathematicians working onfuzzy logic--reassess the usefulness of fuzzy logic for the psychology of concepts.The book begins with two tutorials--one on concepts and the other on fuzzylogic--aimed at making relevant experimental and theoretical issues accessible toresearchers in both fields. The contributors then discuss the experiments that ledto the rejection of the classical view of concepts; analyze the various argumentsagainst the use of fuzzy logic in the psychology of concepts and show that they arefallacious; review methods based on sound measurement principles for constructingfuzzy sets; introduce formal concept analysis and its capabilities when generalizedby using fuzzy logic; consider conceptual combinations; examine lexical concepts;and propose a research program based on cooperation between researchers in thepsychology of concepts and fuzzy logic.

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