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In this paper, we examine some intuitive motivations to develop a para-consistent logic. These motivations are formally developed using semantic ideas, and we employ, in particular, bivaluations and truth-tables to characterise this logic. After discussing these ideas, we examine some applications of paraconsistent logic to various domains. With these motivations and applications in hand, the usefulness of paraconsistent logic becomes hard to deny.
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da Costa, N.C., Béziau, JY., Bueno, O. (2005). On the Usefulness of Paraconsistent Logic. In: Vanderveken, D. (eds) Logic, Thought and Action. Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3167-X_20
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