paraconsistent

English

Etymology

Coined in 1976 by the Peruvian philosopher Francisco Miró Quesada, from para- +‎ consistent.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pæɹəkənˈsɪstənt/

Adjective

paraconsistent (not comparable)

  1. (logic) Dealing with contradictions in a discriminating way, in order to avoid acceptance of one from entailing acceptance of all contradictions.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  1. ^ 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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑrɑkɔnsistɛnt/

Adjective

paraconsistent (not comparable)

  1. (logic) paraconsistent

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

  1. ^ Priest (2002), p. 288 and §3.3.