Topic: PARACONSISTENCY
On contradictions
By Walter Carnielli
(Source: The Paraconsistency Webgroup)
Dear Friends,
Please see below some comments on Dick's views expressed in
"On contradictions".
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ON CONTRADICTIONS
I agree with (what I think was) the conclusion of Fred's talk that we don't have any good arguments for the law of non-contradiction. It's too basic--either we accept it or we don't. Any argument for it we've seen or can imagine uses that law either explicitly or implicitly.
OK, but is not the situation the same for many other laws too? For basic laws concerning natural numbers? After all, when you start enumerating any kind of arguments about numbers, you are already using numbers. Or the grammarians using established grammar to explain grammatical rules.
However, I now think that we do accept some contradictions as true in our daily lives.
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Posted by Tony Marmo
at 14:05 BST
Updated: Monday, 9 August 2004 08:14 BST
