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paraconsistent

adj
/pæɹəkənˈsɪstənt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *stísteh₂ti✻
  2. derived from *ḱóm✻
  3. borrowed from consistens
  4. prefixed as paraconsistent — “para + consistent”

Definitions

  1. Dealing with contradictions in a discriminating way, in order to avoid acceptance of one…

    Dealing with contradictions in a discriminating way, in order to avoid acceptance of one from entailing acceptance of all contradictions.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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