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Paraconsistent Logic: the View from the Right

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2023

Peter K. Schotch
Peter K. Schotch*
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University
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Paraconsistent logic is one of those areas of philosophical logic that has yet to find much in the way of acceptance from a wider audience. By this I mean even a wider audience of philosophical logicians, let alone others. The area remains, in a word, disreputable. For some this is a positive attraction but, for the most part, it has kept away those in need of the services of a paraconsistent account of reasoning, in droves. In this brief essay, I try to reassure potential consumers that it is not in fact necessary to become a radical in order to use paraconsistent logic.

Type
Part XII. Logical Inconsistency in Scientific Theories
Information
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association , Volume 1992 , Issue 2: Volume Two: Symposia and Invited Papers 1992 , 1993 , pp. 421 - 429
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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