Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
10-1981
Abstract
Inconsistency and contradiction are important concepts. Unfortunately, they are easily confused. A proposition or belief which is inconsistent is one which is self- contradictory and vice-versa. Moreover two propositions or beliefs which are contradictories are inconsistent with each other. Nonetheless it is a mistake to suppose that inconsistency is the same as contradiction.
Discipline
Philosophy
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Mind
Volume
90
Issue
360
First Page
600
Last Page
602
ISSN
0026-4423
Identifier
10.1093/mind/XC.360.600
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Citation
WILLIAMS, John N..(1981). Inconsistency and Contradiction. Mind, 90(360), 600-602.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/259
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/XC.360.600