Coherence, logical

Paisley Nathan LIVINGSTON

Coherence, logical

Department of Philosophy

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Abstract

Logicians generally employ coherence and consistency as synonyms naming the absence of contradictions in a group of SENTENCES, propositions, or beliefs, where a contradiction is the conjunction of a proposition and its negation. In metaphysical terms, logical incoherence or contradiction is the impossible instantiation of a property and some other, incompatible property, as in "the circle was square." Epistemically, a contradiction is an irrational belief in both a proposition and its denial.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge encyclopedia of the language sciences
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	173-173
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	9780521866897
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2011

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