Inconsistency in Science / edited by Joke Meheus

Englisch

Dordrecht : Springer, 2002

Online-Ressource (IX, 223 p) : digital

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9789048160235

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9781402006302

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9789401700863

978-94-017-0085-6

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-90-481-6023-5 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-0085-6

*Philosophy (General) ; Science -- Philosophy ; Humanities ; Philosophy and science. ; Logic ; History ; Science—Philosophy.

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: B67

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 501;

Book Industry Communication: PDA

bisacsh: SCI075000

For centuries, inconsistencies were seen as a hindrance to good reasoning, and their role in the sciences was ignored. In recent years, however, logicians as well as philosophers and historians have showed a growing interest in the matter. Central to this change were the advent of paraconsistent logics, the shift in attention from finished theories to construction processes, and the recognition that most scientific theories were at some point either internally inconsistent or incompatible with other accepted findings. The new interest gave rise to important questions. How is `logical anarchy' avoided? Is it ever rational to accept an inconsistent theory? In what sense, if any, can inconsistent theories be considered as true? The present collection of papers is the first to deal with this kind of questions. It contains case studies as well as philosophical analyses, and presents an excellent overview of the different approaches in the domain

 

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