Ep. 42 – Truth and Paraconsistent Logic | Dr. Patrick Girard

What is truth? Can we know anything about it? Is truth about propositions, or is it about the world?

Can a proposition be true and false at the same time? What about the infamous liar’s paradox?

My guest this week thinks that logical contradictions are unavoidable – but also that they aren’t as big a deal as classical logicians make them out to be.

These are the central topics that I address in Square One: The Foundations of Knowledge

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