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Classical fuzzy logic provides a flexible scalar notion of membership, but it typically treats each criterion in isolation and does not natively encode temporal or contextual dynamics. Quantum-inspired models, on the other hand, offer rich Hilbert-space representations but are often difficult to integrate with everyday decision-making tasks. This paper proposes Quantive Logic (QL), a quantum-inspired fuzzy framework for time- and context-sensitive membership. In QL, each element is assigned a quantive membership state, represented as a vector in a complex Hilbert space. Conventional fuzzy degrees are recovered as suitable projections of this state, while phase and superposition capture interactions and context effects between criteria. We formalize how quantive membership states are initialized from classical information and updated through linear operators that model temporal evolution and contextual shifts. To illustrate the framework, we outline a multi-criteria credit-risk assessment scenario in which applicant profiles are encoded as quantive membership states and updated under changing economic conditions. This example shows how QL can refine risk judgments when interactions between criteria and scenario-dependent effects are important. 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