A Brief Prehistory of Philosophical Paraconsistency

Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology 14 (1):1-14 (2010)
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Abstract

In celebration of Newton da Costa’s place in the history of paraconsistency, this paper considers the use and abuse of deliberate self-contradiction. Beginning with Parmenides, developed by Plato, and continued by Cicero, an ancient philosophical tradition used deliberately paraconsistent discourses to reveal the truth. In modern times, decisionism has used deliberate self-contradiction against Judeo-Christian revelation. • DOI:10.5007/1808-1711.2010v14n1p1.

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William H.F. Altman
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Alumnus)

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