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kind: concept
name: Weak paraconsistency
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:76765067@r1368301704
    locator: Glossary of logic, section W
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/76765067#OX1I
    sections: [Summary]
inventory: [MWMNRJZ5NB]
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## Summary

Weak paraconsistency is the view that true contradictions, and worlds that contain them, are merely a formal tool used to study reasoning. Compare strong paraconsistency, the view that there are possible worlds where contradictions are true, or where some statements are both true and false.