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  <title><![CDATA[Fuzzy Thinking: The New Science of Fuzzy Logic]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bart Kosko]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1995</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I haven't read others' opinions of this book; I have a suspicion it will have been 'debunked' by many reviews. This book explained a very valuable metaphor for thinking about imperfect information and uncertainty. Unfortunately, &quot;fuzzy logic&quot; was oversimplified in the collective consciousn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64097752">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's very interesting book. Don't know how to explain but I learned a thing and two about it. Worth it.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[For a math book this was actually pretty accessible.<br/><br/>However, this is also me.  Hence.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good for beginners .]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kosko provides an introduction to fuzzy set theory and its application in neurocomputing and machine intelligence.  Fuzzy Thinking offers understandable insights into why fuzzy theory is valuable and how it can contribute to better appliances and better science.  For people who are interested to lea...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16669336">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not everything is black or white--true or false.  But modern western logic does not appreciate the gray.  Kosko thinks it should and thinks he also knows how.<br/><br/>You'll like it, if you like it, for all of the philosophy, not for the logical system he proposes: he talks a lot about eastern vs...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35004030">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Huh.  I didn't enjoy this one like I thought I would.  The concept is interesting and useful for use with my students...  but it seemed to me that it took SO freakin' long to get around to saying anything.  I got bored with it quickly.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the author &quot;Bart Kosko&quot; is a bright active mind. He is writing with lots of enthusiasm.  But while reading his book i really liked to ask him to cool down.<br/>Gets a up thumb from me.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a bad introduction to the concept, but I remember disliking the author's writing style. I sold my copy of the book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good intro to fuzzy logic.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[from Jon Kabat-Zinn book]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thinking for life...]]></body>
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