paraconsistent

English

Etymology

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

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

• paraconsistent logic

Translations

tolerant towards inconsistencies

• Dutch: paraconsistent
• Finnish: parakonsistentti
• German: parakonsistent
• Polish: parakonsystentny
• Romanian: paraconsistent

References

• 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

• IPA^(key): /pɑrɑkɔnsistɛnt/

Adjective

paraconsistent (not comparable)

1. (logic) paraconsistent

Inflection

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