Open AccessTowards Paraconsistent Inquiry
Author(s) -
Can Başķent
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
australasian journal of logic
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1448-5052
DOI - 10.26686/ajl.v13i2.2102
Subject(s) - bracketing (phenomenology) , interrogative , focus (optics) , epistemology , computer science , component (thermodynamics) , philosophy , linguistics , physics , optics , thermodynamics
In this paper, we discuss Hintikka’s theory of interrogative approach to inquiry with a focus on bracketing. First, we dispute the use of bracketing in the interrogative model of inquiry arguing that bracketing provides an indispensable component of an inquiry. Then, we suggest a formal system based on strategy logic and logic of paradox to describe the epistemic aspects of an inquiry, and obtain a naturally paraconsistent system. We then apply our framework to some cases to illustrate its use.