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Vagueness in the exact sciences : impacts in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, engineering and computing / edited by Apostolos Syropoulos, Basil K. Papadopoulos.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- De Gruyter STEM.
- De Gruyter Stem
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Vagueness (Philosophy).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]
- Summary:
- The book starts with the assumption that vagueness is a fundamental property of this world. From a philosophical account of vagueness via the presentation of alternative mathematics of vagueness, the subsequent chapters explore how vagueness manifests itself in the various exact sciences: physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, computer science, and engineering.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Preface
- Contents
- List of Contributing Authors
- 1 Vagueness from the philosophical point of view
- 2 Vague mathematics
- 3 Vague theory of computation
- 4 Fuzzy hypotheses tests with crisp data using nonasymptotic fuzzy estimators
- 5 Fuzzy sets in quantum mechanics
- 6 Vagueness in chemistry
- 7 Vagueness in medicine: on indistinct phenomena, vague concepts, and uncertain knowledge
- 8 Vagueness in technology
- 9 The semiotic topos of vagueness
- Index of notation
- Index of people.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 3-11-070430-7
- OCLC:
- 1266228359
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