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A close relative of paraconsistent logic, but with an even stronger acceptance of contradiction: not merely tolerating it as a manageable nuisance, but treating contradiction as a legitimate and sometimes irreducible feature of reality. Paracontradictory frameworks (like dialetheism) hold that some contradictions are true, such as in borderline cases of vagueness or quantum superpositions. Epistemologically, it challenges the absolute prohibition against contradiction, arguing that certain domains (e.g., change, self‑reference, the quantum realm) are inherently contradictory.
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