Inconsistency in Science; an Argument for the Possibility of the Paraconsistent Philosophy of Science

Farsian, K.

doi:10.58209/jpt.2.3.269

Inconsistency in Science; an Argument for the Possibility of the Paraconsistent Philosophy of Science

Document Type : Original Research

Author

K. Farsian

Deptartment of Philosophy and Logic, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.58209/jpt.2.3.269

Abstract

According to some important philosophers of science, such as Popper, Hempel and Tarski, consistency is a necessary condition of establishing any scientific theory. They hold that all inconsistent scientific theories are uninformative, meaningless or deficient. In this paper I will first argue against their clams, then I consider some inconsistencies which happened at the heart of some well-accepted scientific theories (Empirical or Non-Empirical), and by this I will try to open the door for the possibility of the paraconsistent philosophy of science.

Keywords

Paraconsistency

Philosophy of Science

Contradiction in Science

Paraconsistent Logics

Graham Priest

Subjects

Philosophy of Science (Analytical)

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