Logical Studies of Paraconsistent Reasoning in Science and Mathematics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)

This book covers work written by leading scholars from different schools within the research area of paraconsistency. The authors critically investigate how contemporary paraconsistent logics can be used to better understand human reasoning in science and mathematics. Offering a variety of perspectives, they shed a new light on the question of whether paraconsistent logics can function as the underlying logics of inconsistent but useful scientific and mathematical theories. The great variety of paraconsistent logics gives rise to various, interrelated questions, such as what are the desiderata a paraconsistent logic should satisfy, is there prospect of a universal approach to paraconsistent reasoning with axiomatic theories, and to what extent is reasoning about sets structurally analogous to reasoning about truth. Furthermore, the authors consider paraconsistent logic's status as either a normative or descriptive discipline (or one which falls in between) and which inconsistent but non-trivial axiomatic theories are well understood by which types of paraconsistent approaches. This volume addresses such questions from different perspectives in order to (i) obtain a representative overview of the state of the art in the philosophical debate on paraconsistency, (ii) come up with fresh ideas for the future of paraconsistency, and most importantly (iii) provide paraconsistent logic with a stronger philosophical foundation, taking into account the developments within the different schools of paraconsistency.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Trends in Logic, 45
Release date:	December 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Holger Andreas • Peter Verdee
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	221
Edition:	1st ed. 2016
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-40218-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Mathematical foundations > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Logic
LSN:	3-319-40218-8
Barcode:	9783319402185

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