paraconsistent
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English
Etymology
Coined in 1976 by the Peruvian philosopher Francisco Miró Quesada, from para- + consistent.
Pronunciation
Adjective
paraconsistent (not comparable)
- (logic) Dealing with contradictions in a discriminating way, in order to avoid acceptance of one from entailing acceptance of all contradictions.
Derived terms
Translations
tolerant towards inconsistencies
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References
- ^ Priest (2002), p. 288 and §3.3.
- Priest, Graham (2002) “Paraconsistent Logic.”, in In Dov Gabbay and F. Guenthner (eds.), editor, Handbook of Philosophical Logic, Volume 6, 2nd ed. edition, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, pages 287-393
Dutch
Etymology
Coined in 1976 by the Peruvian philosopher Francisco Miró Quesada, from the Greek παρά (pará, “beside”) + consistent.
Pronunciation
Adjective
paraconsistent (not comparable)
Declension
| Declension of paraconsistent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | paraconsistent | |||
| inflected | paraconsistente | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | paraconsistent | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | paraconsistente | ||
| n. sing. | paraconsistent | |||
| plural | paraconsistente | |||
| definite | paraconsistente | |||
| partitive | paraconsistents | |||
References
- ^ Priest (2002), p. 288 and §3.3.