On the Acceptance of Problem Solutions Derived from Inconsistent Constraints

Logic and Logical Philosophy 8:33-46 (2000)
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In this paper, I discuss the main difficulties one encounters whensolving problems with inconsistent constraints. I argue that in order to meetthese difficulties we need an inconsistency-adaptive logic that enables one toderive as many consequences as possible, but that at the sametime allows one to determine which consequences can be accepted. I showthat the inconsistency-adaptive logic ANA satisfies these requirements

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