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A '''paraconsistent logic''' is a non-trivial [[logic]] which allows inconsistencies. More specifically, it allows both a statement and its negation to be asserted, without absurdity following. In standard logics, anything can be derived from an inconsistency; this is known as ''ex contradictione quodlibet'' (ECQ). A paraconsistent logic is then a logical system in which ECQ does not hold.


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Paraconsistent logic can be used in modelling [[belief systems]] which are inconsistent, and yet from which not anything can be inferred. In standard logics, care has to be taken to not allow such statements as the [[liar paradox]] to be formed; paraconsistent logics can be much simplified in that they do not have to excise such statements (though they still have to excise [[Curry's paradox]]). Additionally, a paraconsistent logic can potentially overcome the limitation of arithmetic that [[Gödel's incompleteness theorem]] implies, and be complete.

Approaches to paraconsistent logic include:
* [[Relevant logic]]s
* [[Many-valued logic]]s
* [[Non-adjunctive logic]]s

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