Journal of Philosophical Logic 44 (6):771-780 (2015)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
In some logics, anything whatsoever follows from a contradiction; call these logics explosive. Paraconsistent logics are logics that are not explosive. Paraconsistent logics have a long and fruitful history, and no doubt a long and fruitful future. To give some sense of the situation, I’ll spend Section 1 exploring exactly what it takes for a logic to be paraconsistent. It will emerge that there is considerable open texture to the idea. In Section 2, I’ll give some examples of techniques for developing paraconsistent logics. In Section 3, I’ll discuss what seem to me to be some promising applications of certain paraconsistent logics. In fact, however, I don’t think there’s all that much to the concept ‘paraconsistent’ itself; the collection of paraconsistent logics is far too heterogenous to be very productively dealt with under a single label. Perhaps that will emerge as we go.
|
Keywords | Paraconsistent logic Negation Explosion |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
DOI | 10.1007/s10992-015-9358-6 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic: From If to Is.Graham Priest - 2008 - Cambridge University Press.
Relevant Logics and Their Rivals.Richard Routley, Val Plumwood, Robert K. Meyer & Ross T. Brady - 1982 - Ridgeview.
Towards Non-Being: The Logic and Metaphysics of Intentionality.Graham Priest - 2005 - Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
View all 44 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
Paraconsistency and its Philosophical Interpretations.Eduardo Barrio & Bruno Da Re - 2018 - Australasian Journal of Logic 15 (2):151-170.
Islamic Contradictory Theology . . . Is There Any Such Thing?Abbas Ahsan - 2021 - Logica Universalis 15 (2).
The Later Wittgenstein’s Guide to Contradictions.Alessio Persichetti - 2019 - Synthese 198 (4):3783-3799.
Rosy with Sider? The Case of the Metaphysical Liar.Simon Hewitt - 2018 - Journal of Philosophical Logic 47 (5):787-801.
View all 9 citations / Add more citations
Similar books and articles
Analytics
Added to PP index
2015-02-26
Total views
74 ( #155,821 of 2,505,765 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #416,705 of 2,505,765 )
2015-02-26
Total views
74 ( #155,821 of 2,505,765 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
1 ( #416,705 of 2,505,765 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads