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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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From Copernicus to Ptolemy: Inconsistency and Method
Pages 1-33
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Inconsistent Reasoning Toward Consistent Theories
Pages 35-41
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Inconsistencies in the History of Mathematics
Pages 43-57
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Mathematical Change and Inconsistency
Pages 59-79
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Approximate Truth
Pages 81-103
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Inconsistency in Science
- Editors
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- Joke Meheus
- Series Title
- Origins: Studies in the Sources of Scientific Creativity
- Series Volume
- 2
- Copyright
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-017-0085-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-017-0085-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-0630-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-6023-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 223
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