Three Schools of Paraconsistency

Authors

  • Koji Tanaka Philosophy Department, Macquarie University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/ajl.v1i0.1761

Abstract

A logic is said to be paraconsistent if it does not allow everything to follow from contradictory premises. There are several approaches to paraconsistency. This paper is concerned with several philosophical positions on paraconsistency. In particular, it concerns three ‘schools’ of paraconsistency: Australian, Belgian and Brazilian. The Belgian and Brazilian schools have raised some objections to the dialetheism of the Australian school. I argue that the Australian school of paraconsistency need not be closed down on the basis of the Belgian and Brazilian schools’ objections. In the appendix of the paper, I also argue that the Brazilian school’s view of logic is not coherent.

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Author Biography

Koji Tanaka, Philosophy Department, Macquarie University

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Published

2003-07-01