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paraconsistent

paraconsistent

English

Adjective

paraconsistent (not comparable)

  1. (logic) Tolerant towards inconsistencies.

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 1-4020-0583-0, pages 287-393

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑrɑkɔnsistɛnt/

Etymology

Coined in 1976 by the Peruvian philosopher Francisco Miró Quesada, from the Greek παρά (pará, beside) + consistent.[1]

Adjective

paraconsistent (not comparable)

  1. (logic) paraconsistent

Inflection

Inflection 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.