Contradiction and the Instant of Change Revisited

Vivarium 55 (1-3):217-226 (2017)
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Abstract

Instantaneous changes may well be thought to give rise to contradiction. If one endorses an explosive logic, where contradictions entail everything, this is entirely unacceptable. However, if one deploys a paraconsistent logic, which keeps contradictions under control, one may give perfectly coherent and precise models of such changes. In In Contradiction the author showed how and he explored the philosophical implications of the model. Here, the author revisits the issue in the light of a recent critique by Greg Littmann.

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Moments of Change.Greg Littmann - 2012 - Acta Analytica 27 (1):29-44.

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