Fuzzy logic is a form of logic that deals with reasoning that is approximate rather than fixed and exact. It allows for partial truth and handles incomplete or ambiguous data. Fuzzy logic originated with Lotfi Zadeh's 1965 proposal of fuzzy set theory and has since been applied to fields like control systems and artificial intelligence. It represents values through fuzzy sets defined by membership functions rather than binary variables. This allows for linguistic variables like "temperature is cold" that can be evaluated to degrees between true and false. Fuzzy logic uses IF-THEN rules to model human reasoning and has been used in applications like temperature controllers and anti-lock braking systems.