Fuzzy epistemology: The fuzziness of experimental systems
Rudolf Seising · 2008
Fuzzy sets and systems (FSS) fill the gap between scientific theories and observable real systems and phenomena. In philosophy and history of science and technology this gap carries a great potential for epistemological discussions. A new approach in this area is Hans-Jorg Rheinberger's "historical epistemology" dealing with the concept of "experimental systems". In this paper we first summarize some facts on the theory of FSS and Computational Intelligence, then we give a brief sketch of Rheinberger's "experimental systems", "epistemic" and "technological things", and finally we propose to combine Rheinberger's approach with FSS methodologies.