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Inconsistent math is great

by Alok Singh
25th Dec 2022
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Inconsistent math is great
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[-]Viliam3y90

Any link for beginners?

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[-]Alok Singh3y10

The logic of paradox, or https://philarchive.org/archive/POSBTO-2

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Consistency is nice to have as a guarantee, but usually you don't need something so strong. A lot of weird things in math just collapse if the underlying object is finite.

Graham Priest gets into this a lot.