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Full Idea
A practical application of paraconsistent reasoning is in large databases. It does not mean that contradictions could be true, but only that we sometimes need to draw sensible conclusions from inconsistent data. 'Dialethists' believe some contradictions.
Gist of Idea
Paraconsistent reasoning can just mean responding sensibly to inconsistencies
Source
Mark Jago (Paraconsistent Logic [2010])
Book Ref
'Key Terms in Logic', ed/tr. Williamson,J/Russo,F [Continuum 2010], p.54
A Reaction
Interesting as a more cautious and sensible attitude to the scandal of paraconsistency.