In Contradiction¶
Priest, G. (2006). In Contradiction: A Study of the Transconsistent. Oxford University Press.
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- Consistency
- Inconsistency is not merely an aesthetic blemish: in any system whose combination rule supports the principle that a contradiction entails everything, an inconsistent set derives all statements indiscriminately and therefore constrains nothing
This sourceAnalyzes the principle of explosion (ex contradictione quodlibet) and paraconsistent alternatives, establishing that classical inconsistency trivializes a theory.
- Inconsistency is not merely an aesthetic blemish: in any system whose combination rule supports the principle that a contradiction entails everything, an inconsistent set derives all statements indiscriminately and therefore constrains nothing
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